Bion, Manche

Bion
Part of Mortain-Bocage
The church of Saint-Pierre de Bion
Location of Bion
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Coordinates: 48°37′14″N 0°55′05″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Le Mortainais
Commune	Mortain-Bocage
Area 1	12.67 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	368
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50140
Elevation	76–305 m (249–1,001 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bion (French pronunciation: [bjɔ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mortain-Bocage.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 720 —     1800 826 +14.7% 1806 754 −8.7% 1821 820 +8.8% 1831 779 −5.0% 1836 854 +9.6% 1841 805 −5.7% 1846 806 +0.1% 1851 870 +7.9% 1856 781 −10.2% 1861 744 −4.7% 1866 729 −2.0% 1872 692 −5.1% 1876 687 −0.7% 1881 629 −8.4% 1886 615 −2.2% 1891 614 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 598 −2.6% 1901 564 −5.7% 1906 529 −6.2% 1911 521 −1.5% 1921 504 −3.3% 1926 485 −3.8% 1931 453 −6.6% 1936 450 −0.7% 1946 426 −5.3% 1954 474 +11.3% 1962 395 −16.7% 1968 394 −0.3% 1975 408 +3.6% 1982 471 +15.4% 1990 488 +3.6% 1999 431 −11.7% 2009 391 −9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine