Beauvoir, Manche
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_Mairie.jpg) The town hall | |
Location of Beauvoir  | |
  Beauvoir  Beauvoir | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′53″N 1°30′12″W / 48.5981°N 1.5033°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Pontorson |
| Intercommunality | CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexis Sanson[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 439 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50042 /50170 |
| Elevation | 5–40 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. | |
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.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% 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]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "À Beauvoir, les pensionnaires d'Alligator Bay attendent leur public pour Noël". 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Alligator Bay in BEAUVOIR". Normandy Tourism, France.
- ^ "Alligator Bay : l'hiver n'est pas de tout repos". Ouest-France.fr. 4 February 2013.
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