Portbail

Portbail
Part of Port-Bail-sur-Mer
View of Portbail
View of Portbail
Coat of arms of Portbail
Coat of arms
Location of Portbail
Map
Portbail is located in France
Portbail
Portbail
Portbail is located in Normandy
Portbail
Portbail
Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W / 49.3361°N 1.6947°W / 49.3361; -1.6947
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementCherbourg
CantonLes Pieux
CommunePort-Bail-sur-Mer
Area
1
19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,491
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
DemonymPortbaillais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
50580
Elevation2–90 m (6.6–295.3 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
Websitewww.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 (French pronunciation: [pɔʁbaj]; 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

« Thirteen arches bridge»

The arms of Portbail are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,431—    
19681,499+4.8%
19751,591+6.1%
19821,707+7.3%
19901,654−3.1%
19991,675+1.3%
20191,491−11.0%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 20 December 2018, p. 3 (in French)
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Portbail, EHESS (in French).
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