Portbail

Portbail
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Portbail
Location within Normandy region  Portbail
Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W / 49.3361°N 1.6947°WCoordinates: 49°20′10″N 1°41′41″W / 49.3361°N 1.6947°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg-Octeville
Canton	Barneville-Carteret
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Côte des Isles
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Cholot
Area^1	19.56 km^2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,641
• Density	84/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	50412 / 50580
Elevation	2–90 m (6.6–295.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
Website	www.portbail.fr
^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.

Portbail (sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

Heraldry

The arms of Portbail are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent.

Demography

Historical population of Portbail
(Source: INSEE^[1])

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1431	1499	1591	1707	1654	1675
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

« Thirteen arches bridge»

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. Portbail sur le site de l'Insee