Granville

Granville, a fortified seaport in the French department of La Manche, is situated on a rocky promontory on the English Channel, 23 miles NE. of St Malo. The 15th-century church and a hydrographic college are the principal institutions. Chief industries, fishing (oysters and cod), ship-building, manufacture of brandy, chemicals, iron-ware, and tanning; chief exports, fish and building-stone; chief imports, salt, manure, corn, and flour. Pop. (1886) 11,513. The town has been captured by the French (1450) and the English (1695), and unsuccessfully besieged by the Vendéans (1793) and the English (1803).