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Orval

former commune in Manche, France
Place commune_of_france Q770542

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
commune of France, delegated commune[5]
Country
France[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.014°, -1.471°
Archives at
Departmental archives of Manche[9]
Area
+12.54[29]
Associated electoral district
canton of Coutances[30]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
December 31, 2015[10]
Elevation above sea level
36 (4–88, n=3)[26][27][28]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of Montmartin-sur-Mer, Manche, arrondissement of Coutances[1][2][3]
Office held by head of government
Mayor of Orval[23]
Official name
Orval[25]
Population
855 (669–1.2k, n=12)[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Postal code
50660[8]
Replaced by
Orval-sur-Sienne[24]
Shares border with
Contrières, Montchaton[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orval el Ορβάλ ru Орваль zh 奥尔瓦勒
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
86148570793424312814
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Orval depuis Hyenville.JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
152623629
EHESS ID of a French commune
25812
FactGrid item ID
nickel oxyhydroxide battery
Freebase ID
/m/03nxb2f
GeoNames ID
6435525
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6435525 BnF data 2989172 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Insee municipality code
50388
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1107721
Topic's main category
Category:Orval (Manche)
Who's on First ID
101878257

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Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Manche, arrondissement of Coutances, canton of Montmartin-sur-Mer
Instance of 2
commune of France, delegated commune
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Shares border with 2
Contrières, Montchaton
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Manche, canton of Montmartin-sur-Mer
← Shares border with 2
Contrières, Montchaton
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Coutances
Country 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
nickel oxyhydroxide battery
Named after 1
Orval-sur-Sienne
People born here 1
Audomar
Replaced by 1
Orval-sur-Sienne
← Replaces 1
Orval-sur-Sienne
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Orval include Orval-sur-Sienne[31], a commune of France[32], in France[33], founded in 2016[34].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Orval include Orval-sur-Sienne[31], a commune of France[32], in France[33], founded in 2016[34].

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . archives-manche.fr. Retrieved . archives-manche.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archives at → Departmental archives of Manche
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → canton of Montmartin-sur-Mer, Manche, arrondissement of Coutances
    Topic's main category → Category:Orval (Manche)
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 49.014444444444, 'lon': -1.4713888888889}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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