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Omonville-la-Petite

Coordinates: 49°42′00″N 1°52′59″W / 49.7°N 1.883°W / 49.7; -1.883
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Omonville-la-Petite
Part of La Hague
The church of Saint-Martin
The church of Saint-Martin
Location of Omonville-la-Petite
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Omonville-la-Petite is located in France
Omonville-la-Petite
Omonville-la-Petite
Omonville-la-Petite is located in Normandy
Omonville-la-Petite
Omonville-la-Petite
Coordinates: 49°42′00″N 1°52′59″W / 49.7°N 1.883°W / 49.7; -1.883
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementCherbourg
CantonLa Hague
CommuneLa Hague
Area
1
6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
135
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
50440
Elevation0–181 m (0–594 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Omonville-la-Petite (French pronunciation: [ɔmɔ̃vil la pətit]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2]

The house of Jacques Prévert in Ormonville

Ormonville is known to be the place where French poet Jacques Prévert (1900–1977) lived the last years of his life and where he is buried.

It is also the birthplace of French biologist Félix Mesnil (1868–1938).

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