Twin Towns
- Saint-Gaudens, France, since the autumn of 1944, when the town of Saint-Gaudens fraternally assisted Avranches by addressing clothing and food to it.
- Korbach, Germany, since 1963
- Saint-Hélier, United Kingdom, since 1982
- Crediton, United Kingdom, since 1993
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