Bois-Himont

Bois-Himont
Commune
The chateau in Bois-Himont

Coat of arms
Bois-Himont
Location within Normandy region
Bois-Himont
Coordinates: 49°35′08″N 0°42′10″E / 49.5856°N 0.7028°E / 49.5856; 0.7028Coordinates: 49°35′08″N 0°42′10″E / 49.5856°N 0.7028°E / 49.5856; 0.7028
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Government
 • Mayor Louis Dodelin
Area1 5.84 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 434
 • Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76110 /76190
Elevation 65–150 m (213–492 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 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.

Bois-Himont is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D104 and the D33 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bois-Himont
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population181193182312334392434
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.Laurent, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A fifteenth-century chapel.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau, nowadays a hotel and conference centre.

See also

References


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