Bayeux, Paraíba Explained
| Official Name: | Bayeux |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Seal Size: | 75px |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Paraíba |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mata Paraibana |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Total: | 97,203 |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 58305-000 |
| Area Code: | +55 83 |
Bayeux is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport which serves the state capital (João Pessoa) is located at Bayeux.
The municipality was called Barreiros until 1944, when the name was changed to celebrate the first city of the Battle of Normandy to be liberated, Bayeux, France, during the Second World War.
See also
Notes and References
- https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pb/bayeux/panorama IBGE 2020
- Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . July 1, 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. Portuguese.
- Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . August 14, 2009 . December 17, 2009 . PDF. Portuguese .
- Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . December 17, 2009 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . October 3, 2009 .
- Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . October 2, 2008 .
