Donville-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃vil le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Manche department, northwestern France.

Donville-les-Bains
The beach at Donville-les-Bains
The beach at Donville-les-Bains
Location of Donville-les-Bains
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Donville-les-Bains is located in France
Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains is located in Normandy
Donville-les-Bains
Donville-les-Bains
Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 1°34′52″W / 48.8467°N 1.581°W / 48.8467; -1.581
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonGranville
IntercommunalityGranville, Terre et Mer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gaëlle Fagnen[1]
Area
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2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,103
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
DemonymDonvillais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50165 /50350
Elevation0–68 m (0–223 ft)
Websitewww.ville-donville-les-bains.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Introduction

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Donville-les-Bains is located just outside Granville, a port on the Norman coast noted for ferry traffic to the Channel Islands. Rail service is available from Granville to Paris on a regular basis provided by SNCF, the French National Railway.

The town is also the origin of the English language surname Dunville/Dumville (originally Donville),[citation needed] which is found throughout the UK and former British colonies.[citation needed] People descended from this Norman line can be found in concentrations around Toronto, Thunder Bay, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and South Carolina.[citation needed] (However, Dunville, Newfoundland was not named after Donville-les-Bains; Dunville was named after the founding Dunphy family.)

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,419—    
1975 3,495+0.31%
1982 3,215−1.19%
1990 3,199−0.06%
1999 3,351+0.52%
2007 3,326−0.09%
2012 3,238−0.53%
2017 3,166−0.45%
Source: INSEE[3]

Heraldry

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Arms of Donville-les-Bains
The arms of Donville-les-Bains are blazoned :
Gules, a sea-horse [i.e. a mythical hippocampus], and in chief a sun of 8 points Or.



See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE