Périers, Manche

Périers
The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul on market day The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul on market day
Périers
Location within Lower Normandy region Périers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Périers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Sèves et Taute
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gabriel Daube
Area1	14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,450
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50394 / 50190
Elevation	6–36 m (20–118 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Périers is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

History

Périers was liberated by the 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, of the United States Army, on July 27, 1944.

Heraldry

The arms of Périers are blazoned : Argent, a pear tree eradicated vert and in base a barrulet gules, overall on a bend azure between 2 lions sable, 3 mullets pierced (spur-rowels) Or.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department