Besneville

Besneville
The church of Saint-Florent
Besneville
Location within Lower Normandy region Besneville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lafosse
Area1	18.27 km2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	664
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50049 / 50390
Elevation	10–116 m (33–381 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.

Besneville is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,339	—
1800	1,328	−0.8%
1806	1,436	+8.1%
1821	1,450	+1.0%
1831	1,487	+2.6%
1836	1,575	+5.9%
1841	1,538	−2.3%
1846	1,629	+5.9%
1851	1,569	−3.7%
1856	1,454	−7.3%
1861	1,500	+3.2%
1866	1,450	−3.3%
1872	1,086	−25.1%
1876	1,142	+5.2%
1881	1,058	−7.4%
1886	1,050	−0.8%
1891	957	−8.9%
1896	971	+1.5%
1901	923	−4.9%
1906	896	−2.9%
1911	892	−0.4%
1921	783	−12.2%
1926	771	−1.5%
1931	783	+1.6%
1936	751	−4.1%
1946	751	+0.0%
1954	823	+9.6%
1962	764	−7.2%
1968	682	−10.7%
1975	580	−15.0%
1982	564	−2.8%
1990	536	−5.0%
1999	516	−3.7%
2009	664	+28.7%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics