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Besneville

commune in Manche, France
Place Commune of France Q547775

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official name
Besneville[31]

Location

Country
France[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.368°, -1.627°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin, arrondissement of Cherbourg[1][2][3][4]
Shares border with
Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou, Canville-la-Rocque, Fierville-les-Mines, Neuville-en-Beaumont, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Taillepied, Port-Bail-sur-Mer[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
18.27 km²[37]
Elevation above sea level
46 (10–116, n=3)[34][35][36]
Female population
330 (2017)[32]
Male population
335 (2017)[33]
Population
661 (516–683, n=17)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Codes

Postal code
50390[13]
More facts +4
Archives at
Departmental archives of Manche[14]
Associated electoral district
canton of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin (2015–present)[38]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Besneville[29]
Phone number
+33-2-33-41-67-32[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en Besneville el Μπενεβίλ uk Бенвіль zh 贝讷维尔 zh-hant 貝訥維爾
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Église Saint-Florent de Besneville (2).JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
152620289
EHESS ID of a French commune
3945
Email address
mailto:mairie.besneville@orange.fr
FactGrid item ID
Richard F. Heck
Freebase ID
/m/02pzl3z
GeoNames ID
6449473
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6449473 BnF data 3033107 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Insee municipality code
50049
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.9.3.2.11.1_1
National Address Base ID
bf7fd9b0-d476-4d64-ba43-db88a6537a21
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1106175
Who's on First ID
1126008723

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🔗 Connections
← Shares border with 8
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Canville-la-Rocque, Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou, Fierville-les-Mines, Neuville-en-Beaumont, Taillepied, Portbail, Port-Bail-sur-Mer
Shares border with 7
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Canville-la-Rocque, Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou, Fierville-les-Mines, Neuville-en-Beaumont, Taillepied, Port-Bail-sur-Mer
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Manche, arrondissement of Cherbourg, canton of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Manche, canton of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
Country 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
Richard F. Heck
Instance of 1
commune of France
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . archives-manche.fr. Retrieved . archives-manche.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 661, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 27w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → canton of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, communauté d'agglomération du Cotentin +1
    Associated electoral district → canton of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin
    Instance of → commune of France
    Population → 683, 667, 681 +13
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30067"
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