Le Val-Saint-Père

Le Val-Saint-Père
Le Val-Saint-Père
Commune
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	Coordinates: 48°39′50″N 1°22′26″W / 48.6639°N 1.3739°WCoordinates: 48°39′50″N 1°22′26″W / 48.6639°N 1.3739°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Pontorson
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claire Rivière-Daillencourt
Area 1	11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,007
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50616 /50300
Elevation	4–111 m (13–364 ft) ; (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Val-Saint-Père (French pronunciation: [lə val sɛ̃ pɛʁ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Geography[]

Le Val-Saint-Père is situated on the Saint-Michel bay, and is near Avranches, Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saint-Loup, Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme and Pontaubault.

History[]

Administration[]

Demographics[]

The commune's population has held remarkably steady during the preceding two centuries, only showing a marked increase (100% growth) since the 1970s:

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,112	—
1800	1,136	+0.31%
1806	1,037	−1.51%
1821	1,025	−0.08%
1831	1,045	+0.19%
1836	992	−1.04%
1841	1,073	+1.58%
1846	1,238	+2.90%
1851	1,241	+0.05%
1856	1,167	−1.22%
1861	1,147	−0.35%
1866	1,158	+0.19%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1872	1,092	−0.97%
1876	1,158	+1.48%
1881	1,183	+0.43%
1886	1,118	−1.12%
1891	1,092	−0.47%
1896	1,105	+0.24%
1901	1,000	−1.98%
1906	1,002	+0.04%
1911	944	−1.19%
1921	833	−1.24%
1926	842	+0.22%
1931	903	+1.41%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1936	963	+1.29%
1946	956	−0.07%
1954	1,031	+0.95%
1962	916	−1.47%
1968	857	−1.10%
1975	1,340	+6.59%
1982	1,594	+2.51%
1990	1,609	+0.12%
1999	1,574	−0.24%
2007	1,869	+2.17%
2012	1,909	+0.42%
2017	2,043	+1.37%

Source: EHESS^[2] and INSEE^[3]

Points of interest[]

The Avranches airfield is situated in Val-Saint-Père, in Bouillé.
Le Gué de l’Épine affords a view of Mont Saint-Michel.

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Val-Saint-Père, EHESS. (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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[1] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[2] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Val-Saint-Père, EHESS. (in French)

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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