Céaux is in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, on the coast, with the maritime border Sélune, one of the three main rivers of the Bay, midway between Mount and Avranches.
Born in Avranches in 1764, Jean-Marie Roger said Valhubert Mellon became one of the great and general in Napoleon's army, he chose to name the soldier place name, Valhubert to Céaux, where his father owned a property.
In the past, the coast was dedicated to the exploitation of salt that brought a wide prosperity. The town was first of all very rural, but the last thirty years, there has been migration from the countryside to the city and farm modernization.
Today Céaux is still rural but only a few farms still more surface. Several shopkeepers and artisans. In the field of tourism, presence of restaurants and accommodation.
The salt meadow, which lies along the coast where it is covered by high tides, and sheep farmers offering delicious lamb.
