Portbail

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]

Portbail
View of Portbail
Coat of arms
Location of Portbail
Portbail
Portbail
Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementCherbourg
CantonLes Pieux
CommunePort-Bail-sur-Mer
Area
1
19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
1,516
  Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Portbaillais
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.

Heraldry

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

Demography

« Thirteen arches bridge»
Historical population of Portbail
(Source: EHESS[3])
Year196219681975198219901999
Population143114991591170716541675
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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