Biville

Biville
The church of Saint-Pierre
Biville
Location within Lower Normandy region  Biville
Coordinates: 49°36′49″N 1°49′16″W / 49.6136°N 1.8211°WCoordinates: 49°36′49″N 1°49′16″W / 49.6136°N 1.8211°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Beaumont-Hague
Intercommunality	Hague
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Arlix
Area^1	8.70 km^2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	543
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50057 / 50440
Elevation	2–179 m (6.6–587.3 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	348	—
1800	273	−21.6%
1806	407	+49.1%
1821	491	+20.6%
1831	448	−8.8%
1836	415	−7.4%
1841	401	−3.4%
1846	380	−5.2%
1851	376	−1.1%
1856	402	+6.9%
1861	411	+2.2%
1866	428	+4.1%
1872	410	−4.2%
1876	383	−6.6%
1881	339	−11.5%
1886	352	+3.8%
1891	380	+8.0%
1896	390	+2.6%
1901	347	−11.0%
1906	323	−6.9%
1911	313	−3.1%
1921	270	−13.7%
1926	267	−1.1%
1931	277	+3.7%
1936	259	−6.5%
1946	320	+23.6%
1954	307	−4.1%
1962	229	−25.4%
1968	221	−3.5%
1975	223	+0.9%
1982	245	+9.9%
1990	364	+48.6%
1999	415	+14.0%
2009	543	+30.8%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics