Pirou

Pirou

The chateau

Coat of arms
Pirou

Coordinates: 49°10′00″N 1°34′04″W / 49.1667°N 1.5678°W / 49.1667; -1.5678Coordinates: 49°10′00″N 1°34′04″W / 49.1667°N 1.5678°W / 49.1667; -1.5678
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Coutances
Canton Lessay
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton de Lessay
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Noël Augrandjean
Area1 29.11 km2 (11.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,563
  Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50403 / 50770
Elevation 0–40 m (0–131 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pirou is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is around 50 km south of Cherbourg and 90 km west of Caen. The inhabitants are called Pirouais.

Heraldry

The arms of Pirou are blazoned:
Vert, a bend cotissed argent.
These arms are borrowed from the de Pirou family (extinct), former lords of Pirou.

See also

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