Portbail
| Portbail | |
|---|---|
| Part of Port-Bail-sur-Mer  | |
|  View of Portbail | |
| .svg.png) Coat of arms | |
| Location of Portbail | |
|   Portbail   Portbail | |
| 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  (2022)[1] | 1,492 | 
| • Density | 76/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 (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
The arms of Portbail are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent. 
Demography
| Year | Pop. | ±% | 
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,431 | — | 
| 1968 | 1,499 | +4.8% | 
| 1975 | 1,591 | +6.1% | 
| 1982 | 1,707 | +7.3% | 
| 1990 | 1,654 | −3.1% | 
| 1999 | 1,675 | +1.3% | 
| 2022 | 1,492 | −10.9% | 
| Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1] | ||
See also
References
- ^ a b "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 20 December 2018, p. 3 (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Portbail, EHESS (in French).

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