Brévands

Brévands (French pronunciation: [bʁevɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais.^[2]

Brévands
Part of Carentan-les-Marais
The church of Saint-Martin
Location of Brévands
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Coordinates: 49°19′57″N 1°10′56″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Canton	Carentan
Commune	Carentan-les-Marais
Area 1	13.87 km2 (5.36 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	300
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50500
Elevation	0–29 m (0–95 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 412 —     1800 353 −14.3% 1806 457 +29.5% 1821 496 +8.5% 1831 453 −8.7% 1836 449 −0.9% 1841 451 +0.4% 1846 486 +7.8% 1851 488 +0.4% 1856 465 −4.7% 1861 460 −1.1% 1866 483 +5.0% 1872 443 −8.3% 1876 476 +7.4% 1881 443 −6.9% 1886 479 +8.1% 1891 506 +5.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 474 −6.3% 1901 418 −11.8% 1906 382 −8.6% 1911 389 +1.8% 1921 361 −7.2% 1926 316 −12.5% 1931 307 −2.8% 1936 292 −4.9% 1946 291 −0.3% 1954 300 +3.1% 1962 291 −3.0% 1968 296 +1.7% 1975 241 −18.6% 1982 272 +12.9% 1990 294 +8.1% 1999 318 +8.2% 2009 362 +13.8%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 22 July 2016 (in French)