Ganzeville

Ganzeville
Commune

Coat of arms
Ganzeville
Location within Normandy region
Ganzeville
Coordinates: 49°44′09″N 0°24′45″E / 49.7358°N 0.4125°E / 49.7358; 0.4125Coordinates: 49°44′09″N 0°24′45″E / 49.7358°N 0.4125°E / 49.7358; 0.4125
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Fécamp
Intercommunality CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Marie Crochemore
Area1 3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 456
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76298 /76400
Elevation 16–122 m (52–400 ft)
(avg. 32 m or 105 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.

Ganzeville 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 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Le Havre, near the junction of the D28 and D68 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Ganzeville are blazoned :
Argent, on a chevron gules between 2 lozenges azure and an alerion gules, a rose Or.

Population

Historical population of Ganzeville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population510459416467404442456
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.Remi, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The remains of an old castle on an island in the river.
  • A seventeenth century chateau.

See also

References


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