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Le Gast
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Le Gast is located in France
Le Gast
Le Gast
Location in France
Le Gast is located in Normandy
Le Gast
Le Gast
Location in Normandy
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 13.19/km2 (34.15/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%
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