Beauvoir-en-Lyons

Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Commune
The town hall in Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Location within Normandy region
Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Coordinates: 49°30′14″N 1°35′13″E / 49.5039°N 1.5869°E / 49.5039; 1.5869Coordinates: 49°30′14″N 1°35′13″E / 49.5039°N 1.5869°E / 49.5039; 1.5869
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC 4 rivières
Government
 • Mayor Dominique Rimbert
Area1 33.29 km2 (12.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 562
 • Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76067 /76220
Elevation 129–231 m (423–758 ft)
(avg. 248 m or 814 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.

Beauvoir-en-Lyons is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 27 miles (43 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D1, D84 and D57 roads.

Population

Historical population of Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population453561539464463473562
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Nicolas, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The remains of a 12th-century castle.
  • Traces of the abbey of Saint-Laurent.
  • The two châteaux at Bos-Hyons at Routieux.

See also

References


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