The arrondissement of Coutances is an arrondissement of France in the Manche department in the Normandy region.
[2] Its population is 70,454 (2021), and its area is 1,142.1 km2 (441.0 sq mi).
[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Coutances, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Coutances was created in 1800.
[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.
The cantons of the arrondissement of Coutances were, as of January 2015:[6]