Brillevast

Brillevast
The church of Saint-Martin during its restoration in 2004
Brillevast
Location within Lower Normandy region  Brillevast
Coordinates: 49°37′42″N 1°24′47″W / 49.6283°N 1.4131°WCoordinates: 49°37′42″N 1°24′47″W / 49.6283°N 1.4131°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Val-de-Saire
Intercommunality	Saint-Pierre-Église
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marcel Orange
Area^1	9.07 km^2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	305
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50086 / 50330
Elevation	37–132 m (121–433 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 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.

Brillevast is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	671	—
1800	582	−13.3%
1806	759	+30.4%
1821	823	+8.4%
1831	873	+6.1%
1836	775	−11.2%
1841	737	−4.9%
1846	701	−4.9%
1851	664	−5.3%
1856	652	−1.8%
1861	576	−11.7%
1866	551	−4.3%
1872	563	+2.2%
1876	547	−2.8%
1881	502	−8.2%
1886	521	+3.8%
1891	503	−3.5%
1896	470	−6.6%
1901	407	−13.4%
1906	418	+2.7%
1911	415	−0.7%
1921	348	−16.1%
1926	323	−7.2%
1931	323	+0.0%
1936	304	−5.9%
1946	295	−3.0%
1954	259	−12.2%
1962	267	+3.1%
1968	262	−1.9%
1975	257	−1.9%
1982	265	+3.1%
1990	308	+16.2%
1999	299	−2.9%
2006	276	−7.7%
2009	305	+10.5%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics