Biville

Part of La Hague in Normandy, France

Biville

Part of La Hague

The church of Saint-Pierre

Location of Biville

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Coordinates: 49°36′49″N 1°49′16″W﻿ / ﻿49.6136°N 1.8211°W﻿ / 49.6136; -1.8211
Country| France
Region| Normandy
Department| Manche
Arrondissement| Cherbourg
Canton| La Hague
Commune| La Hague

Area

| 8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 523
• Density| 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

50440

Elevation| 2–179 m (6.6–587.3 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Biville (French pronunciation: [bivil]) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Hague.[2]

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter, also houses the relics of a native son of Biville, the priest and miracle-worker Thomas Hélye (1187–1257).[3]

## Population

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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|

1793| 348| —
1800| 273| −21.6%
1806| 407| +49.1%
1821| 491| +20.6%
1831| 448| −8.8%
1836| 415| −7.4%
1841| 401| −3.4%
1846| 380| −5.2%
1851| 376| −1.1%
1856| 402| +6.9%
1861| 411| +2.2%
1866| 428| +4.1%
1872| 410| −4.2%
1876| 383| −6.6%
1881| 339| −11.5%
1886| 352| +3.8%
1891| 380| +8.0%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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|

1896| 390| +2.6%
1901| 347| −11.0%
1906| 323| −6.9%
1911| 313| −3.1%
1921| 270| −13.7%
1926| 267| −1.1%
1931| 277| +3.7%
1936| 259| −6.5%
1946| 320| +23.6%
1954| 307| −4.1%
1962| 229| −25.4%
1968| 221| −3.5%
1975| 223| +0.9%
1982| 245| +9.9%
1990| 364| +48.6%
1999| 415| +14.0%
2009| 543| +30.8%

## See also

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* Communes of the Manche department
* Information and images about Biville Dunes, area of outstanding natural beauty and military memorial.

## References

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1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 September 2016 (in French)
3. ^ Thurston, Herbert J.; Attwater, Donald, eds. (1990). Butler's Lives of the Saints: Complete Edition. Volume IV: October • November • December. Westminster, Maryland: Christian Classics. pp. 151–152.

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