Belval, Manche

Belval
The church of Saint-Martin
Coat of arms
Belval
Location within Lower Normandy region  Belval
Coordinates: 49°02′25″N 1°21′45″W / 49.0403°N 1.3625°WCoordinates: 49°02′25″N 1°21′45″W / 49.0403°N 1.3625°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Cerisy-la-Salle
Intercommunality	Cerisy-la-Salle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Duchemin
Area^1	5.72 km^2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	303
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50044 / 50210
Elevation	32–145 m (105–476 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Belval is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	556	—
1800	557	+0.2%
1806	595	+6.8%
1821	626	+5.2%
1831	535	−14.5%
1836	513	−4.1%
1841	509	−0.8%
1846	516	+1.4%
1851	496	−3.9%
1856	485	−2.2%
1861	448	−7.6%
1866	451	+0.7%
1872	448	−0.7%
1876	450	+0.4%
1881	405	−10.0%
1886	402	−0.7%
1891	405	+0.7%
1896	403	−0.5%
1901	304	−24.6%
1906	334	+9.9%
1911	334	+0.0%
1921	281	−15.9%
1926	283	+0.7%
1931	298	+5.3%
1936	286	−4.0%
1946	309	+8.0%
1954	324	+4.9%
1962	314	−3.1%
1968	290	−7.6%
1975	234	−19.3%
1982	253	+8.1%
1990	274	+8.3%
1999	274	+0.0%
2009	303	+10.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Belval are blazoned : Argent, a rose gules seeded Or slipped and leaved vert, chaussé vert.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics