Vesly () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It has a population of approximately 700 people.
It is located on the Cotentin Peninsula, about 6 km from the sea, 44 km south of Cherbourg and 83 km west of Caen.
In 1973 the commune of Gerville-la-Forêt was consolidated into Vesly as an associated commune.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0286, 8 December 1972, pp. 12661-12662.
Notable people Charles-Alexis-Adrien Duhérissier de Gerville - historian, naturalist and archaeologist, born in Gerville-la-Forêt
See also Communes of the Manche department
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