Beauvoir, Manche

Summary

Beauvoir (French pronunciation: [bovwaʁ] ) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Andrés de Santa Cruz Died there in 1865.

Beauvoir
The town hall
The town hall
Location of Beauvoir
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Beauvoir
Beauvoir is located in Normandy
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Beauvoir
Coordinates: 48°35′53″N 1°30′12″W / 48.5981°N 1.5033°W / 48.5981; -1.5033
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonPontorson
IntercommunalityCA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexis Sanson[1]
Area
1
14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
439
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50042 /50170
Elevation5–40 m (16–131 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 433—    
1975 411−0.74%
1982 420+0.31%
1990 426+0.18%
1999 427+0.03%
2009 419−0.19%
2014 410−0.43%
2020 442+1.26%
Source: INSEE[3]

Points of interest edit

  • Alligator Bay is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 1994. [4] It features over 800 animals, and 100 different species of reptiles.[5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/beauvoir-50170/a-beauvoir-les-pensionnaires-dalligator-bay-attendent-leur-public-pour-noel-7ee01dee-9d7f-11ee-883f-3154893459e6.
  5. ^ "Alligator Bay in BEAUVOIR". Normandy Tourism, France.
  6. ^ "Alligator Bay : l'hiver n'est pas de tout repos". Ouest-France.fr. 4 February 2013.