Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé

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Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé

Total population

3,312

Elevation28 m

Land area6.28 km²

Coordinates49.05°, -1.13°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bourgvallées.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jean de Brébeuf

Jesuit missionary and martyr (1593-1649)

Alphonse Lemerre

19th-century French editor and publisher (1838–1912)

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Guillaume Mauviel

French constitutional bishop

Roger Jouet

French writer and historian (1944–2022)

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Georges de Brébeuf

French writer

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Alain Rémond

French journalist

Auguste Letenneur

French merchant and poet

Berthevin de Parigny

Christian saint

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Bon-Prosper Lepesqueux

French writer

C

Charles Le Boulanger

French poet

D

Daniel Gauvain

French association football player

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Elphège Basire

French politician (1852-1917)

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Joseph Tardif

French historian

François Dufour

French politician

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Henri Ermice

French writer

Hippolyte Sauvage

French jurist (1823-1914)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Normandie

• Canisy
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,734
• Carantilly
  5.3 mi away · pop. 619
• Marigny
  6.2 mi away · pop. 2,746
• Villebaudon
  6.4 mi away · pop. 322
• Lozon
  8.9 mi away · pop. 308
• Pont-Farcy
  8.9 mi away · pop. 538
• Cavigny
  10 mi away · pop. 268
• Malloué
  10.5 mi away · pop. 30
• Bérigny
  10.6 mi away · pop. 437
• Ouville
  10.8 mi away · pop. 454
• Campeaux
  11.2 mi away · pop. 555
• Dampierre
  11.7 mi away · pop. 117

Browse all places in Normandie →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Gallery

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