Dorset Twinning Association

Dorset & Twinning - Some facts and figures;

The County of Dorset is twinned with La Manche, a department of NW France in the Basse-Normandie region

A total of nineteen towns or villages (including one island) in the County of Dorset have twinning partners in La Manche

Eight Dorset towns are twinned with towns elsewhere in France.

Elsewhere in Europe, over thirty towns have twinning partners in Dorset.

In La Manche, there are at least sixteen towns which are twinned with towns in England outside of Dorset. More may have been added since this list was complied

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Twinnings between Dorset and La Manche

(with links where known)

Brownsea Island (not active)

Puddletown

Sturminster Marshall (Not active)

Sturminster Newton

Swanage (Swanage French Circle)

Thornford

Wimborne

Dorset Countryside Volunteers

St James

Cerences

Mortain

St Sebastien de Raids

St Sauveur le Vicomte

Avranches

Bréhal

Bricquebec

Carentan

Condé-sur-Vire

Coutances

Domjean-Tessy/Vire

Gavray

Hambye

Le Mesnil Vigot

Percy

Pontorson

Région de Daye

Réville

Sourdeval

Torigni-sur-Vire

Non-Member associations

Twinnings between towns in La Manche and rest of UK

(Please use Google to search for information on these twinned towns)

Crediton (Devon)

Lydney (Gloucestershire)

Arlesford (Hampshire)

Selby (Yorkshire)

Whitehill (Hampshire)

Ilkley (Yorkshire)

Lydiards (Wiltshire)

Launton (Oxfordshire)

Lacey Green (Buckinghamshire)

Churchstanton (Somerset)

Nursling/Rownhams (Hampshire)

Highworth (Wiltshire)

Sedgemoor Villages (Somerset)

Hambledon (Hampshire)

Odiham (Hampshire)

Shipston-on-Stour (Warwickshire)

Twinnings between Dorset and other countries

(with links where known)

Lyme Regis

Lucerne (Switzerland)

St Georges (Bermuda)

La Hulpe (Belgium)

Liederbach-am-Taunus (Germany)

Hemsbach (Germany)

Holzwickede (Germany)

Ochsenfurt(Germany)

In addition the Sherborne Douzelage has established links with many towns across the member states of the EU. An updated list of these towns is contained on their webpage.