Saint-Jean-le-Thomas

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Saint-Jean-le-Thomas	Champeaux at 1.3 km
Insee code	50496	Dragey-Ronthon at 2.3 km
Postcode	50530	Angey at 2.9 km
Latitude	48.7297640	Saint-Michel-des-Loups at 3.8 km
Longitude	-1.5145480	Carolles at 3.9 km
Altitude	From 5 to 90 meters	Champcey at 4.9 km
Surface	2.38 km²	Sartilly at 5.1 km
Population	425 inhabitants	Genêts at 6 km
Density	172 inhabitants/km²	Jullouville at 6 km
Chief town	Saint-Lô (at 81 km, 62 min)	Bacilly at 6.2 km
Department	Manche	Saint-Pierre-Langers at 6.2 km
Region	Lower Normandy	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

"The rhythm of the tides, doors and windows wide open on the Mont Saint-Michel and its bay, Saint-Jean-le-Thomas inherited many testimonies of the past. In a setting of sea, cliff, forest and marsh, the village hosts walkers and holidaymakers. The long tradition of hospitality continues with a great capacity for hospitalities. "The village can invite visitors to stroll through the heritage of Saint-Jean-le-Thomas, its history, its houses, laundries, sinks, fountains and flora, not to mention the church or some figures of the village, including many artists who lived in Saint John. Louis Malle

Horses: horses winners. Television channels and newspapers of the horse world are talking about Saint-Jean-le-Thomas and the bay of Mont Saint-Michel! Ideal du Gazeau, its owners, his trainer, had made known Saint-Jean-le-Thomas on all continents. With germination, horse winner of the dial, the day the price of the Arc de Triomphe, Saint-Jean-Le-Thomas and the bay of Mont Saint-Michel in the back of a horse's media world.

Saint-Jean-le-Thomas: millennium village. A little history: the town of St. John's Neolithic remains and Gallo-Roman, but recorded history begins in 917 when William Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy, son of Rollo, donated to the abbey Mont Saint-Michel, the Lordship of St. John, its church, mill, its vineyards and its fisheries.

The choir of the church now is the time of pre Roman. The parish was then called "Saint John at the end of the sea".

In 1117, Lord Thomas built a castle on the cliff at the site of the old castle. Thomas rebelled against the abbot of Mont, made amends, destroy his fortress and gives the village its name. Saint John after the sea becomes Saint-Jean-le-Thomas.

In the 15th century during the Hundred Years War, St. John is a prison occupied by the English. Gain of Montgomery Castle. The current ownership of Montgomery was built in its place.

In the 1830s, Saint-Jean knows the manner of sea bathing soon became therapeutic recreation for the wealthy. The houses are multiplying in the 1910s and 1920s, especially under the influence of Charles Kula. After 1936, sea bathing was popularized. The beach huts become shelters holiday.

From August 19 to September 21, 1944, General Eisenhower resides with his personal staff in the property of Montgomery. For six weeks, the village is a strategic point in the Western world.

With its 410 inhabitants in the year, its 500 houses and summer residents, St. John came in the 3rd millennium against all odds, housed in the hollow of the beautiful bay of Mont Saint-Michel, splashed by the Wonder West.

Detailed information
Information points	Visitor Information Centre of Saint-Jean-le-Thomas
Leisure centres	Beach Saint-Michel, Beach of Dragey, Beach of Pignochet

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