Le Gast

Le Gast
Le Gast
Location within Lower Normandy region  Le Gast
Coordinates: 48°47′48″N 1°04′30″W / 48.7967°N 1.075°WCoordinates: 48°47′48″N 1°04′30″W / 48.7967°N 1.075°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Saint-Sever-Calvados
Intercommunality	Intercom Séverine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Rondel
Area^1	12.74 km^2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	251
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14296 / 14380
Elevation	202–347 m (663–1,138 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 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 Gast is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	957	—
1800	809	−15.5%
1806	976	+20.6%
1821	983	+0.7%
1831	979	−0.4%
1836	1,013	+3.5%
1841	993	−2.0%
1846	986	−0.7%
1851	960	−2.6%
1856	860	−10.4%
1861	839	−2.4%
1866	889	+6.0%
1872	878	−1.2%
1876	882	+0.5%
1881	840	−4.8%
1886	806	−4.0%
1891	725	−10.0%
1896	748	+3.2%
1901	723	−3.3%
1906	676	−6.5%
1911	677	+0.1%
1921	566	−16.4%
1926	644	+13.8%
1931	700	+8.7%
1936	766	+9.4%
1946	603	−21.3%
1954	623	+3.3%
1962	529	−15.1%
1968	473	−10.6%
1975	417	−11.8%
1982	311	−25.4%
1990	252	−19.0%
1999	255	+1.2%
2008	251	−1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE