Le Bény-Bocage

Le Bény-Bocage

Town hall
Le Bény-Bocage

Coordinates: 48°56′16″N 0°50′17″W / 48.9378°N 0.8381°W / 48.9378; -0.8381Coordinates: 48°56′16″N 0°50′17″W / 48.9378°N 0.8381°W / 48.9378; -0.8381
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Condé-sur-Noireau
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Pierre Raoult
Area1 8.91 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 981
  Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 14061 / 14350
Elevation 84–262 m (276–860 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 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.

Le Bény-Bocage is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962668    
1968640−4.2%
1975635−0.8%
1982774+21.9%
1990846+9.3%
1999938+10.9%
2008981+4.6%

Personalities

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015 (French)
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