Mortain

former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France
Organization commune_of_france Q325187
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Mortain

Summary

Mortain is a commune of France[1]. Mortain ranks in the top 0.88% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #274 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mortain is located in canton of Mortain[3].
  • Mortain is located in Manche[4].
  • Mortain is located in arrondissement of Avranches[5].
  • Mortain is in the country of France[6].
  • Mortain's image is recorded as Vuedemortain.jpg[7].
  • Mortain's instance of is recorded as commune of France[8].
  • Mortain's instance of is recorded as delegated commune[9].
  • Mortain's shares border with is recorded as Le Neufbourg[10].
  • Mortain's shares border with is recorded as Bion[11].
  • Mortain's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason ville fr Mortain (Manche).svg[12].
  • Mortain's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140777862[13].
  • Mortain's GND ID is recorded as 4502567-8[14].
  • Mortain's locator map image is recorded as Map commune FR insee code 50359.png[15].
  • Mortain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85016843[16].
  • Mortain's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 152623342[17].
  • Mortain's postal code is recorded as 50140[18].
  • Mortain's Commons category is recorded as Mortain[19].
  • Mortain's Insee municipality code is recorded as 50359[20].
  • Mortain's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 556075[21].
  • Mortain's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[22].
  • Mortain's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[23].
  • Mortain was dissolved in +2015-12-31T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Mortain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.647777777778, 'lon': -0.94083333333333}[25].
  • Mortain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01q22m[26].
  • Mortain's official website is recorded as http://www.ville-mortain.fr[27].

Body

Identity

Mortain's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mortain'}[28].

Dissolution

Mortain was dissolved in +2015-12-31T00:00:00Z[24].

Why It Matters

Mortain ranks in the top 0.88% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #274 of 31,031).[2] Mortain has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Mortain is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . INSEE code. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30066|batch #30066]]"
  2. 16d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of commune of France, delegated commune
    Official website http://www.ville-mortain.fr
    Country
    Population {'amount': '+1685'}, {'amount': '+1812'}, {'amount': '+2191'} +9
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:مورٹین]]"
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