Portbail
Appearance
Portbail | |
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Part of Port-Bail-sur-Mer | |
Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W / 49.3361°N 1.6947°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Manche |
Arrondissement | Cherbourg |
Canton | Les Pieux |
Commune | Port-Bail-sur-Mer |
Area 1 | 19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | 1,516 |
• Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Demonym | Portbaillais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 50580 |
Elevation | 2–90 m (6.6–295.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
Website | www.portbail.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Portbail (sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Port-Bail-sur-Mer.[2]
Heraldry
The arms of Portbail are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent.
Demography
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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Population | 1431 | 1499 | 1591 | 1707 | 1654 | 1675 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 20 December 2018, p. 3 (in French)
- ^ Données Cassini, EHESS
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