Saint-Lô is the capital of the Manche department in Normandy. As of the 2012 census, population was just under 19,000.
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Saint-Lô, summer 1944
The town was the scene of heavy fighting during World War II, shortly after the D-Day landings, and was utterly devastated. As one American soldier put it "We sure liberated the hell out of this place."
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- 1 Château de Canisy, 6-8 Rue de Kergorlay, ☏ 33 6 8021 6073, ✉[email protected]. Check-in: 12:00, check-out: 14:00. Romantic chateau €300.
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| Routes through Saint-Lô |
 Cherbourg ← Sainte-Mère-Église ← | N  S | →  → Rennes / Caen |