Beslon

Beslon
The church of Notre-Dame
Beslon
Location within Lower Normandy region  Beslon
Coordinates: 48°50′58″N 1°09′01″W / 48.8494°N 1.1503°WCoordinates: 48°50′58″N 1°09′01″W / 48.8494°N 1.1503°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Canton	Percy
Intercommunality	Canton de Percy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Léon Dolley
Area^1	17.24 km^2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	524
• Density	30/km^2 (79/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50048 / 50800
Elevation	118–237 m (387–778 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1831	1,051	—
1836	1,090	+3.7%
1841	1,132	+3.9%
1846	1,200	+6.0%
1851	1,102	−8.2%
1856	1,011	−8.3%
1861	1,001	−1.0%
1866	1,011	+1.0%
1872	1,014	+0.3%
1876	1,024	+1.0%
1881	978	−4.5%
1886	945	−3.4%
1891	991	+4.9%
1896	916	−7.6%
1901	928	+1.3%
1906	859	−7.4%
1911	889	+3.5%
1921	795	−10.6%
1926	755	−5.0%
1931	699	−7.4%
1936	701	+0.3%
1946	711	+1.4%
1954	684	−3.8%
1962	661	−3.4%
1968	609	−7.9%
1975	560	−8.0%
1982	507	−9.5%
1990	500	−1.4%
1999	498	−0.4%
2009	524	+5.2%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics