page_title: Saint-Lô
section_title: Quarters
hierarchical_section_title: Saint-Lô / Quarters
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: immeuble du Val-Saint-Jean en demolition (avenue des platanes)
context_page_description: Saint-Lô is a commune in north-western France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
  Although it is the second largest city of Manche after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department. It is also chef-lieu of an arrondissement and two cantons.
  The commune has 18,931 inhabitants who are called Saint-Lois. The names of Laudois, Laudiens or Laudiniens are also cited. A martyr city of World War II, Saint-Lô was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1948 and was given the nickname "Capital of the Ruins", a phrase popularised by Samuel Beckett.
context_section_description: The town of Saint-Lô consists of a number of quarters:
  The Val Saint-Jean, composed mainly of buildings and apartment towers.
  The Aurore, composed mostly of single family homes and social housing. One can discover, the Rue des Sycamores open school of Aurore. This modern architecture is a work of Eugène Leseney.
  The Bois Ardent–Bois Jugan: Located on the south side of the city, these twp quarters include leisure spaces (urban golf, pool, and squash, etc.) as well as service spaces (employment service, retirement home) and a ZAC.
  The Dollée composed mainly of a large number of social and private apartment buildings.
  La Ferronnière
  The Enclos, historic centre of the city within the walls with its prefectural administrative centre.
caption: Quarter of Val Saint-Jean during restructuring (March 2010).
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