Portbail

Portbail (French pronunciation: [pɔʁbaj]; 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
Part of Port-Bail-sur-Mer
View of Portbail
Coat of arms
Location of Portbail
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Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Les Pieux
Commune	Port-Bail-sur-Mer
Area 1	19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	1,491
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Portbaillais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50580
Elevation	2–90 m (6.6–295.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
Website	www.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

« Thirteen arches bridge»

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

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,431	—
1968	1,499	+4.8%
1975	1,591	+6.1%
1982	1,707	+7.3%
1990	1,654	−3.1%
1999	1,675	+1.3%
2019	1,491	−11.0%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 20 December 2018, p. 3 (in French)
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Portbail, EHESS (in French).