La Glacerie

Part of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in Normandy, France

Location of La Glacerie

49°36′39″N 1°36′03″W / 49.6108°N 1.6008°W / 49.6108; -1.6008CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentMancheArrondissementCherbourgCantonCherbourg-Octeville-2CommuneCherbourg-en-Cotentin Area

18.7 km² (7.2 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

5,867 • Density310/km² (810/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

50470

Elevation5–178 m (16–584 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Glacerie (French pronunciation: [la ɡlas(ə)ʁi]) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.^[2]

Heraldry

The arms of La Glacerie are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron argent charged near the point with a rose gules, between 2 plates fimbriated Or (mirrors) and a belltower argent issuant from a barrulet gules, in chief a fleur de lys Or.