Bréhal

Bréhal
The old town hall
Coat of arms
Bréhal
Location within Lower Normandy region Bréhal
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Bréhal
Intercommunality	Plage et Bocage
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jules Périer
Area1	12.71 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,017
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50076 / 50290
Elevation	4–71 m (13–233 ft) (avg. 69 m or 226 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.

Bréhal is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,159	—
1800	1,373	+18.5%
1806	1,265	−7.9%
1821	1,519	+20.1%
1831	1,732	+14.0%
1836	1,637	−5.5%
1841	1,693	+3.4%
1846	1,577	−6.9%
1851	1,665	+5.6%
1856	1,627	−2.3%
1861	1,538	−5.5%
1866	1,494	−2.9%
1872	1,439	−3.7%
1876	1,517	+5.4%
1881	1,504	−0.9%
1886	1,450	−3.6%
1891	1,400	−3.4%
1896	1,352	−3.4%
1901	1,299	−3.9%
1906	1,294	−0.4%
1911	1,350	+4.3%
1921	1,351	+0.1%
1926	1,252	−7.3%
1931	1,352	+8.0%
1936	1,396	+3.3%
1946	1,420	+1.7%
1954	1,523	+7.3%
1962	1,525	+0.1%
1968	1,568	+2.8%
1975	1,988	+26.8%
1982	2,390	+20.2%
1990	2,351	−1.6%
1999	2,599	+10.5%
2006	2,945	+13.3%
2009	3,017	+2.4%

International relations

Bréhal is twinned with Lydney in Gloucestershire.

Heraldry

The arms of Bréhal are blazoned : Per fess 1: Gules, a leopard between 8 fleurs de lys (4 above, 4 below); 2 Azure, 3 escallops Or.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics