Buais

Part of Buais-les-Monts in Normandy, France

Buais

Part of Buais-les-Monts

The church of Sainte-Anne

Location of Buais

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Coordinates: 48°31′23″N 0°58′04″W﻿ / ﻿48.5231°N 0.9678°W﻿ / 48.5231; -0.9678
Country| France
Region| Normandy
Department| Manche
Arrondissement| Avranches
Canton| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Commune| Buais-les-Monts
Area

| 17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi)
Population

(2019)[1]

| 487
• Density| 27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

50640

Elevation| 115–238 m (377–781 ft)
(avg. 216 m or 709 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buais (French pronunciation: [bɥɛ]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Buais-les-Monts.[2]

## Location[edit]

Buais is a small village southeast of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.

## Population[edit]

Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1793| 1,300| —
1800| 1,268| −2.5%
1806| 1,319| +4.0%
1821| 1,168| −11.4%
1831| 1,195| +2.3%
1836| 1,380| +15.5%
1841| 1,432| +3.8%
1846| 1,350| −5.7%
1851| 1,470| +8.9%
1856| 1,440| −2.0%
1861| 1,429| −0.8%
1866| 1,420| −0.6%
1872| 1,380| −2.8%
1876| 1,332| −3.5%
1881| 1,351| +1.4%
1886| 1,327| −1.8%
1891| 1,313| −1.1%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1896| 1,297| −1.2%
1901| 1,303| +0.5%
1906| 1,211| −7.1%
1911| 1,182| −2.4%
1921| 976| −17.4%
1926| 1,021| +4.6%
1931| 1,008| −1.3%
1936| 1,056| +4.8%
1946| 1,031| −2.4%
1954| 955| −7.4%
1962| 983| +2.9%
1968| 901| −8.3%
1975| 822| −8.8%
1982| 776| −5.6%
1990| 702| −9.5%
1999| 652| −7.1%
2009| 568| −12.9%

## Amenities[edit]

It has a bakery, bar/post office, corner shop, hairdresser, taxi office, and veterinarian.

## See also[edit]

* Communes of the Manche department

## References[edit]

1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 9 December 2015 (in French)

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