Le Gast

Le Gast
Part of Noues de Sienne
Location of Le Gast
Le Gast Le Gast
Coordinates: 48°47′48″N 1°04′30″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Vire Normandie
Commune	Noues de Sienne
Area 1	12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	168
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14380
Elevation	202–347 m (663–1,138 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Gast (French pronunciation: [lə ɡa] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Noues de Sienne.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 957 —     1800 809 −15.5% 1806 976 +20.6% 1821 983 +0.7% 1831 979 −0.4% 1836 1,013 +3.5% 1841 993 −2.0% 1846 986 −0.7% 1851 960 −2.6% 1856 860 −10.4% 1861 839 −2.4% 1866 889 +6.0% 1872 878 −1.2% 1876 882 +0.5% 1881 840 −4.8% 1886 806 −4.0% 1891 725 −10.0% 1896 748 +3.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 723 −3.3% 1906 676 −6.5% 1911 677 +0.1% 1921 566 −16.4% 1926 644 +13.8% 1931 700 +8.7% 1936 766 +9.4% 1946 603 −21.3% 1954 623 +3.3% 1962 529 −15.1% 1968 473 −10.6% 1975 417 −11.8% 1982 311 −25.4% 1990 252 −19.0% 1999 255 +1.2% 2008 251 −1.6% 2019 168 −33.1%

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department