Bermonville

Bermonville

Coat of arms
Bermonville
Location within Normandy region
Bermonville
Coordinates: 49°38′30″N 0°38′09″E / 49.6417°N 0.6358°E / 49.6417; 0.6358Coordinates: 49°38′30″N 0°38′09″E / 49.6417°N 0.6358°E / 49.6417; 0.6358
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Area1 7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 451
  Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76080 /76640
Elevation 122–145 m (400–476 ft)
(avg. 136 m or 446 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.

Bermonville is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[1]

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and the D29. Junction 8 of the A29 autoroute is within the commune’s borders.

Heraldry

The arms of Bermonville are blazoned :
Vert, a bend chequy argent and gules of 2 traits, between a lion passant and a motte and bailey argent, and on a chief Or, a crosslet between two spur rowels [mullets voided] azure.

Population

Historical population of Bermonville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population368368314307314371451
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth century manorhouse

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
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