Buais

Buais
Part of Buais-les-Monts
The church of Sainte-Anne
Location of Buais
Buais Buais
Coordinates: 48°31′23″N 0°58′04″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Commune	Buais-les-Monts
Area 1	17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi)
Population  (2017)	497
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50640
Elevation	115–238 m (377–781 ft) (avg. 216 m or 709 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buais is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Buais-les-Monts.

Location

Buais is a small village southeast of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,300	—
1800	1,268	−2.5%
1806	1,319	+4.0%
1821	1,168	−11.4%
1831	1,195	+2.3%
1836	1,380	+15.5%
1841	1,432	+3.8%
1846	1,350	−5.7%
1851	1,470	+8.9%
1856	1,440	−2.0%
1861	1,429	−0.8%
1866	1,420	−0.6%
1872	1,380	−2.8%
1876	1,332	−3.5%
1881	1,351	+1.4%
1886	1,327	−1.8%
1891	1,313	−1.1%
1896	1,297	−1.2%
1901	1,303	+0.5%
1906	1,211	−7.1%
1911	1,182	−2.4%
1921	976	−17.4%
1926	1,021	+4.6%
1931	1,008	−1.3%
1936	1,056	+4.8%
1946	1,031	−2.4%
1954	955	−7.4%
1962	983	+2.9%
1968	901	−8.3%
1975	822	−8.8%
1982	776	−5.6%
1990	702	−9.5%
1999	652	−7.1%
2009	568	−12.9%

Amenities

It has a bakery, bar/post office, corner shop, hairdresser, taxi office, and veterinarian.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department