Beauvoir, Manche

Beauvoir
Commune
The town hall
Location of Beauvoir
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Coordinates: 48°35′53″N 1°30′12″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Pontorson
Intercommunality	CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alexis Sanson[1]
Area ^1	14.29 km^2 (5.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	439
• Density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50042 /50170
Elevation	5–40 m (16–131 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beauvoir (French pronunciation: [bovwaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Andrés de Santa Cruz died there in 1865.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	433	—
1975	411	−0.74%
1982	420	+0.31%
1990	426	+0.18%
1999	427	+0.03%
2009	419	−0.19%
2014	410	−0.43%
2020	442	+1.26%
Source: INSEE[3]

Points of interest

• Alligator Bay is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 1994. ^[4] It features over 800 animals, and 100 different species of reptiles.^[5][6]

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "À Beauvoir, les pensionnaires d'Alligator Bay attendent leur public pour Noël". 18 December 2023.
5. "Alligator Bay in BEAUVOIR". Normandy Tourism, France.
6. "Alligator Bay : l'hiver n'est pas de tout repos". Ouest-France.fr. 4 February 2013.