Bellefontaine, Manche

Bellefontaine
Part of Juvigny les Vallées
The church of Saint-Martin
Location of Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine Bellefontaine
Coordinates: 48°41′23″N 0°58′23″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Isigny-le-Buat
Commune	Juvigny les Vallées
Area 1	6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	140
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50520
Elevation	100–292 m (328–958 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellefontaine (French pronunciation: [bɛlfɔ̃tɛn] ) 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 Juvigny les Vallées.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 430 —     1800 375 −12.8% 1806 490 +30.7% 1821 416 −15.1% 1831 468 +12.5% 1836 482 +3.0% 1841 468 −2.9% 1846 457 −2.4% 1851 480 +5.0% 1856 464 −3.3% 1861 442 −4.7% 1866 458 +3.6% 1872 388 −15.3% 1876 391 +0.8% 1881 342 −12.5% 1886 358 +4.7% 1891 322 −10.1% 1896 320 −0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 302 −5.6% 1906 297 −1.7% 1911 295 −0.7% 1921 279 −5.4% 1926 293 +5.0% 1931 291 −0.7% 1936 282 −3.1% 1946 265 −6.0% 1954 286 +7.9% 1962 322 +12.6% 1968 293 −9.0% 1975 254 −13.3% 1982 222 −12.6% 1990 145 −34.7% 1999 159 +9.7% 2006 144 −9.4% 2009 303 +110.4%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department