Chaulieu () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Saint-Martin-de-Chaulieu and Saint-Sauveur-de-Chaulieu.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0014, 17 January 1973, pp. 684-685.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Saint-Sauveur de Chaulieu, Chaulieu, La Rue, L'Insinière and La Françaisière.
Chaulieu contains the source of the river Égrenne. In addition the river Vire flows through the commune.
Points of Interest
Belvédère de Chaulieu is a viewing tower built on the highest point, , of the Manche department
National Heritage sites
Château de Chaulieu - a seventeenth Century chateau, which was listed as a Monument historique in 1973.
See also Communes of the Manche department
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