Genêts

Genêts is a commune in the department of Manche, in northwestern France. It was the port of the oppidum Ingena (now Avranches), the main settlement of the Abrincatui.[2]

Genêts
Commune
The church in Genêts
Location of Genêts
Genêts
Genêts
Coordinates: 48°41′06″N 1°28′26″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonAvranches
Government
 • MayorJacques Hec
Area
1
6.89 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
435
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50199 /50530
Elevation6–38 m (20–125 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Manoir de Brion, an ancient Benedictine priory of the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located nearby. The tidal island of Tombelaine, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) offshore, is in the commune.

Demographic evolution
Historical population of Genêts
(Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4])
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population532501524524481439443
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Administration

Mayors
List of mayors
PeriodMayor
1791–1803Pierre-Guillaume Bienvenu
1803–1808Auguste Duchemin
1808–1810Louis Chesnay
1810–1848Pierre Estorre
1848–1859Emile Dupont
1859–1868Constantin Le Clerc
1868–1884Paul Piton
1884–1913Paul Lenepveu De Dungy
1913–1929Victor Morin
1929–1935Alfred Duchemin
1935–1959Maurice Lesrel
1959-1959Martial Vinour
1959–1963Jean Simon
1963–1972René Chesnay
1972–1977Michel Lemeteyer
1977–1979André Michel
1979–1983Emmanuel Leveilley
1983–1989Henri Tropee
1989–1995Marie-Claire Daniel
1995–presentJacques Hec
Source : Mayor's Office.

See also

Notes
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Association des amis du site de Genêts, de ses environs et da la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel (Genêts town website, in French)
  3. Notice communale - Genêts
  4. INSEE : Population depuis le recensement de 1962



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