Braffais

Braffais
The church of Saint-Martin
Braffais
Location within Lower Normandy region  Braffais
Coordinates: 48°45′28″N 1°15′36″W / 48.7578°N 1.26°WCoordinates: 48°45′28″N 1°15′36″W / 48.7578°N 1.26°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Isigny-le-Buat
Intercommunality	Val de Sée
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy de La Broise
Area^1	5.79 km^2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	185
• Density	32/km^2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50071 / 50870
Elevation	56–182 m (184–597 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 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.

Braffais is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Parc.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	450	—
1800	363	−19.3%
1806	486	+33.9%
1821	445	−8.4%
1831	441	−0.9%
1836	404	−8.4%
1841	397	−1.7%
1846	441	+11.1%
1851	451	+2.3%
1856	442	−2.0%
1861	441	−0.2%
1866	448	+1.6%
1872	422	−5.8%
1876	401	−5.0%
1881	362	−9.7%
1886	339	−6.4%
1891	333	−1.8%
1896	325	−2.4%
1901	340	+4.6%
1906	332	−2.4%
1911	317	−4.5%
1921	293	−7.6%
1926	279	−4.8%
1931	281	+0.7%
1936	280	−0.4%
1946	319	+13.9%
1954	287	−10.0%
1962	275	−4.2%
1968	244	−11.3%
1975	225	−7.8%
1982	212	−5.8%
1990	181	−14.6%
1999	163	−9.9%
2006	173	+6.1%
2009	185	+6.9%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. Arrêté préfectoral 4 November 2015 (French)