Blosville

Blosville is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Blosville
Commune
The church of Saint-Christophe
Location of Blosville
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Coordinates: 49°22′27″N 1°17′21″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Carentan-les-Marais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Adolphe Mouchel
Area ^1	4.22 km^2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	313
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50059 /50480
Elevation	2–35 m (6.6–114.8 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 320 —     1800 326 +1.9% 1806 396 +21.5% 1821 406 +2.5% 1831 401 −1.2% 1836 402 +0.2% 1841 437 +8.7% 1846 427 −2.3% 1851 437 +2.3% 1856 414 −5.3% 1861 398 −3.9% 1866 380 −4.5% 1872 368 −3.2% 1876 427 +16.0% 1881 407 −4.7% 1886 406 −0.2% 1891 372 −8.4% 1896 343 −7.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 327 −4.7% 1906 349 +6.7% 1911 335 −4.0% 1921 284 −15.2% 1926 287 +1.1% 1931 274 −4.5% 1936 295 +7.7% 1946 288 −2.4% 1954 307 +6.6% 1962 319 +3.9% 1968 296 −7.2% 1975 241 −18.6% 1982 210 −12.9% 1990 223 +6.2% 1999 206 −7.6% 2006 253 +22.8% 2009 267 +5.5%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.