Périers, Manche

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Gabriel Daube^[1]Area14.62 km² (5.64 sq mi)Population2,334 • Density160/km² (410/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation6–36 m (20–118 ft)
(avg. 29 m or 95 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Périers [peʁje] is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

History

Périers was liberated by the 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, of the United States Army, on 27 July 1944.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,586	—
1975	2,712	+0.68%
1982	2,741	+0.15%
1990	2,566	−0.82%
1999	2,553	−0.06%
2007	2,437	−0.58%
2012	2,355	−0.68%
2017	2,259	−0.83%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Périers are blazoned : Argent, a pear tree eradicated vert and in base a barrulet gules, overall on a bend azure between 2 lions sable, 3 mullets pierced (spur-rowels) Or.

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References