Beauvoir, Manche

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.

Beauvoir
Commune
The town hall
Location of Beauvoir
Beauvoir
Beauvoir
Coordinates: 48°35′53″N 1°30′12″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonPontorson
IntercommunalityCA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexis Sanson[1]
Area
1
14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
439
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50042 /50170
Elevation5–40 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.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% 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
  • 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

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. "À Beauvoir, les pensionnaires d'Alligator Bay attendent leur public pour Noël". 18 December 2023.
  5. "Alligator Bay in BEAUVOIR". Normandy Tourism, France.
  6. "Alligator Bay : l'hiver n'est pas de tout repos". Ouest-France.fr. 4 February 2013.
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