Genêts

"Genets" redirects here. For other uses, see Genet.

Genêts
Genêts
Location within Lower Normandy region  Genêts
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Sartilly
Mayor	Jacques Hec
Statistics
Elevation	6–38 m (20–125 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
Land area1	6.89 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population2	439  (1999)
- Density	64 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50199/ 50530
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Genêts is a commune in the Manche department in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena (now Avranches), the main settlement of the Abrincatui.

The Manoir de Brion, an ancient Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located nearby. The tidal island of Tombelaine, 3.5 km offshore, is in the commune.

Demographic evolution

Historical population of Genêts
(Source : EHESS and INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	532	501	524	524	481	439	443
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Administration

Mayors

List of mayors

Period	Mayor
1791–1803	Pierre-Guillaume Bienvenu
1803–1808	Auguste Duchemin
1808–1810	Louis Chesnay
1810–1848	Pierre Estorre
1848–1859	Emile Dupont
1859–1868	Constantin Le Clerc
1868–1884	Paul Piton
1884–1913	Paul Lenepveu De Dungy
1913–1929	Victor Morin
1929–1935	Alfred Duchemin
1935–1959	Maurice Lesrel
1959-1959	Martial Vinour
1959–1963	Jean Simon
1963–1972	René Chesnay
1972–1977	Michel Lemeteyer
1977–1979	André Michel
1979–1983	Emmanuel Leveilley
1983–1989	Henri Tropee
1989–1995	Marie-Claire Daniel
1995–present	Jacques Hec
Source : Mayor's Office.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department