Donville-les-Bains

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Gaëlle Fagnen^[1]Area2.75 km² (1.06 sq mi)Population3,103 • Density1,100/km² (2,900/sq mi)DemonymDonvillaisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–68 m (0–223 ft)Websitewww.ville-donville-les-bains.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Introduction

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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

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

• Communes of the Manche department

References