Le Val-Saint-Père

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Marie-Claire Rivière-Daillencourt^[1]Area11.10 km² (4.29 sq mi)Population1,925 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation4–111 m (13–364 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Val-Saint-Père (French pronunciation: [lə val sɛ̃ pɛʁ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Geography

Le Val-Saint-Père is situated on the Saint-Michel bay, and is near Avranches, Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saint-Loup, Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme and Pontaubault.

History

Administration

Demographics

The commune's population has held remarkably steady during the preceding two centuries, only showing a marked increase (100% growth) since the 1970s:

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,112 —     1800 1,136 +0.31% 1806 1,037 −1.51% 1821 1,025 −0.08% 1831 1,045 +0.19% 1836 992 −1.04% 1841 1,073 +1.58% 1846 1,238 +2.90% 1851 1,241 +0.05% 1856 1,167 −1.22% 1861 1,147 −0.35% 1866 1,158 +0.19%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 1,092 −0.97% 1876 1,158 +1.48% 1881 1,183 +0.43% 1886 1,118 −1.12% 1891 1,092 −0.47% 1896 1,105 +0.24% 1901 1,000 −1.98% 1906 1,002 +0.04% 1911 944 −1.19% 1921 833 −1.24% 1926 842 +0.22% 1931 903 +1.41%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 963 +1.29% 1946 956 −0.07% 1954 1,031 +0.95% 1962 916 −1.47% 1968 857 −1.10% 1975 1,340 +6.59% 1982 1,594 +2.51% 1990 1,609 +0.12% 1999 1,574 −0.24% 2007 1,869 +2.17% 2012 1,909 +0.42% 2017 2,043 +1.37%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4]

Points of interest

• The Avranches airfield is situated in Val-Saint-Père, in Bouillé.
• Le Gué de l'Épine affords a view of Mont Saint-Michel.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References