Portbail

Portbail (; sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Port-Bail-sur-Mer.

Key facts

French commune.name: Portbail
French commune.image: Vue de Portbail, Manche.jpg
French commune.caption: View of Portbail
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason ville fr le Mesnilbus (Manche).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Cherbourg
French commune.canton: Les Pieux
French commune.INSEE: 50412
French commune.postal code: 50580
French commune.commune: Port-Bail-sur-Mer
French commune.elevation m: 10
French commune.elevation min m: 2
French commune.elevation max m: 90
French commune.area km2: 19.56
French commune.population: 1492
French commune.population date: 2022
French commune.demonym: Portbaillais
French commune.website: www.portbail.fr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Portbail
Country: France
Located in: Port-Bail-sur-Mer
Population: 1501
Area: 19.56
Elevation: 25
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Saint-Lô-d'Ourville
Official website: www.portbail.fr
Image: Portbail (Manche) vue du ciel.JPG

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twinned administrative body: Grouville
Commons category: Portbail
postal code: 50580
replaced by: Port-Bail-sur-Mer
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2018-12-31
associated electoral district: canton of Les Pieux
P8168: Silfiac

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Portbail (; sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Port-Bail-sur-Mer.

==Heraldry== thumb|left|270 px| « Thirteen arches bridge» The arms of Portbail are blazoned :Azure, a chevron abased, between in fess 3 mullets Or and a lancehead argent.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portbail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.