La Baleine

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

La Baleine
Commune
Saint-Pierre church
Location of La Baleine
La Baleine La Baleine
Coordinates: 48°55′31″N 1°19′00″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Quettreville-sur-Sienne
Intercommunality	Coutances Mer et Bocage
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Lejeune
Area ^1	4.13 km^2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	91
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50028 /50450
Elevation	37–171 m (121–561 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 445 —     1800 540 +21.3% 1806 534 −1.1% 1821 540 +1.1% 1831 507 −6.1% 1836 507 +0.0% 1841 493 −2.8% 1846 451 −8.5% 1851 424 −6.0% 1856 413 −2.6% 1861 414 +0.2% 1866 375 −9.4% 1872 303 −19.2% 1876 278 −8.3% 1881 272 −2.2% 1886 274 +0.7% 1891 243 −11.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 242 −0.4% 1901 249 +2.9% 1906 231 −7.2% 1911 199 −13.9% 1921 183 −8.0% 1926 211 +15.3% 1931 214 +1.4% 1936 218 +1.9% 1946 215 −1.4% 1954 206 −4.2% 1962 170 −17.5% 1968 177 +4.1% 1975 153 −13.6% 1982 144 −5.9% 1990 121 −16.0% 1999 118 −2.5% 2009 93 −21.2%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

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