Bretteville-sur-Ay

Bretteville-sur-Ay
The church of Saint-Martin
Bretteville-sur-Ay
Location within Lower Normandy region Bretteville-sur-Ay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Lessay
Intercommunality	Canton de Lessay
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sylvain Jeanne
Area1	9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	369
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50078 / 50430
Elevation	4–38 m (13–125 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bretteville-sur-Ay is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	646	—
1800	572	−11.5%
1806	683	+19.4%
1821	678	−0.7%
1831	707	+4.3%
1836	738	+4.4%
1841	748	+1.4%
1846	700	−6.4%
1851	717	+2.4%
1856	700	−2.4%
1861	662	−5.4%
1866	622	−6.0%
1872	570	−8.4%
1876	536	−6.0%
1881	566	+5.6%
1886	556	−1.8%
1891	506	−9.0%
1896	459	−9.3%
1901	451	−1.7%
1906	446	−1.1%
1911	446	+0.0%
1921	381	−14.6%
1926	385	+1.0%
1931	360	−6.5%
1936	412	+14.4%
1946	375	−9.0%
1954	413	+10.1%
1962	395	−4.4%
1968	367	−7.1%
1975	378	+3.0%
1982	321	−15.1%
1990	302	−5.9%
1999	317	+5.0%
2009	369	+16.4%

International relations

Bretteville is twinned with the village of Sway, England.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics