Bion, Manche

Bion
Part of Mortain-Bocage
The church of Saint-Pierre de Bion
Location of Bion
Bion Bion
Coordinates: 48°37′14″N 0°55′05″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Le Mortainais
Commune	Mortain-Bocage
Area 1	12.67 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population  (2017)	372
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50140
Elevation	76–305 m (249–1,001 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bion is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mortain-Bocage.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	720	—
1800	826	+14.7%
1806	754	−8.7%
1821	820	+8.8%
1831	779	−5.0%
1836	854	+9.6%
1841	805	−5.7%
1846	806	+0.1%
1851	870	+7.9%
1856	781	−10.2%
1861	744	−4.7%
1866	729	−2.0%
1872	692	−5.1%
1876	687	−0.7%
1881	629	−8.4%
1886	615	−2.2%
1891	614	−0.2%
1896	598	−2.6%
1901	564	−5.7%
1906	529	−6.2%
1911	521	−1.5%
1921	504	−3.3%
1926	485	−3.8%
1931	453	−6.6%
1936	450	−0.7%
1946	426	−5.3%
1954	474	+11.3%
1962	395	−16.7%
1968	394	−0.3%
1975	408	+3.6%
1982	471	+15.4%
1990	488	+3.6%
1999	431	−11.7%
2009	391	−9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine