- Genêts
Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Genêts
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Manche
arrondissement=Avranches
canton=Canton de Sartilly
insee=50199
cp=50530
maire=Jacques Hec
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=-1.474
latitude=48.685
alt moy=10 m
alt mini=6 m
alt maxi=38 m
hectares=689
km²=6,89
sans=439
date-sans=1999
dens=63|Genêts is a
village and commune in theManche "département" of north-westernFrance . As of 1999, it had a population of 439.The
Manoir de Brion , an ancientBenedictine priory of theabbey ofMont Saint-Michel is located nearby. It was founded in 1137 by the Christian mystic, SaintBernard of Clairvaux . Several kings and members of the royal court stayed at Manoir de Brion while onpilgrimage to Mont Saint-Michel, including King Charles VI in 1393,Louis XI in 1462 andFrançois I in 1532. The English writer,Vincent Cronin , currently resides there with his wife, Chantal.Demographic evolution
ImageSize = width:250 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1960 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1960 PlotData = bar:600 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:400 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:200 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 LineData = layer:front points:(48,171)(84,162) color:blue width:2 #1962 tot 1968. Inwonertal 1962: 532 1968: 501 points:(84,162)(100,168) color:blue width:2 #1975: 524 points:(100,168)(128,168) color:blue width:2 #1982: 524 points:(128,168)(160,156) color:blue width:2 #1990: 481 points:(160,156)(196,144) color:blue width:2 #1999: 439 points:(196,144)(228,144) color:blue width:2 #2004/5 Administration
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ee also
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Communes of the Manche department
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