Bures, Orne

Bures
Bures
Location within Lower Normandy region Bures
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Courtomer
Intercommunality	Pays Mêlois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Isabelle Dessartre
Area1	9.64 km2 (3.72 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	174
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	61067 / 61170
Elevation	154–216 m (505–709 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 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.

Bures is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	580	—
1800	226	−61.0%
1806	613	+171.2%
1821	555	−9.5%
1836	606	+9.2%
1841	656	+8.3%
1846	524	−20.1%
1851	528	+0.8%
1856	455	−13.8%
1861	454	−0.2%
1866	452	−0.4%
1872	400	−11.5%
1876	419	+4.8%
1881	357	−14.8%
1886	349	−2.2%
1891	336	−3.7%
1896	315	−6.2%
1901	274	−13.0%
1906	243	−11.3%
1911	248	+2.1%
1921	206	−16.9%
1926	219	+6.3%
1931	224	+2.3%
1936	227	+1.3%
1946	227	+0.0%
1954	231	+1.8%
1962	215	−6.9%
1968	187	−13.0%
1975	146	−21.9%
1982	135	−7.5%
1990	128	−5.2%
1999	146	+14.1%
2006	165	+13.0%
2009	174	+5.5%

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

• INSEE