Portbail
View of Portbail
View of Portbail
Coat of arms of Portbail
Location of Portbail
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. 1 2 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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