La Haye-du-Puits

La Haye-du-Puits

Général-de-Gaulle Place with view of church
La Haye-du-Puits

Coordinates: 49°17′27″N 1°32′28″W / 49.2908°N 1.5411°W / 49.2908; -1.5411Coordinates: 49°17′27″N 1°32′28″W / 49.2908°N 1.5411°W / 49.2908; -1.5411
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Coutances
Canton Créances
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Haye-du-Puits
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Alain Aubert
Area1 5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,778
  Density 340/km2 (880/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50236 / 50250
Elevation 29–94 m (95–308 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 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.

La Haye-du-Puits is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Haye.[1]

Heraldry

The arms of La Haye-du-Puits are blazoned :
Gules, an eagle (displayed) argent.
These arms are borrowed from the de Magneville family (extinct), former lords of the barony la Haye-du-Puits.

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 20 November 2015 (French)
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