Mortain

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Mortain
Part of Mortain-Bocage
Abbaye Blanche
Coat of arms
Location of Mortain
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Coordinates: 48°38′55″N 0°56′23″W / 48.6486°N 0.9397°W / 48.6486; -0.9397
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Le Mortainais
Commune	Mortain-Bocage
Area 1	7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	1,528
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50140
Elevation	102–327 m (335–1,073 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mortain (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mortain-Bocage.^[2]