Genêts () is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena (now Avranches), the main settlement of the Abrincatui.Association des amis du site de Genêts, de ses environs et da la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel (Genêts town website, in French)
The Manoir de Brion, an ancient Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located nearby. The tidal island of Tombelaine, offshore, is in the commune.
Demographic evolution
Administration Mayors List of mayors Period Mayor 1791–1803 Pierre-Guillaume Bienvenu 1803–1808 Auguste Duchemin 1808–1810 Louis Chesnay 1810–1848 Pierre Estorre 1848–1859 Emile Dupont 1859–1868 Constantin Le Clerc 1868–1884 Paul Piton 1884–1913 Paul Lenepveu De Dungy 1913–1929 Victor Morin 1929–1935 Alfred Duchemin 1935–1959 Maurice Lesrel 1959-1959 Martial Vinour 1959–1963 Jean Simon 1963–1972 René Chesnay 1972–1977 Michel Lemeteyer 1977–1979 André Michel 1979–1983 Emmanuel Leveilley 1983–1989 Henri Tropee 1989–1995 Marie-Claire Daniel 1995–2014 Jacques Hec 2014–2026 Catherine Brunaud-Rhyn Source : Mayor's Office.
See also Communes of the Manche department
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