Gerville

Gerville
Commune
The church in Gerville

Coat of arms
Gerville
Location within Normandy region
Gerville
Coordinates: 49°41′48″N 0°19′49″E / 49.6967°N 0.3303°E / 49.6967; 0.3303Coordinates: 49°41′48″N 0°19′49″E / 49.6967°N 0.3303°E / 49.6967; 0.3303
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Fécamp
Intercommunality CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Area1 3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 417
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76300 /76790
Elevation 90–125 m (295–410 ft)
(avg. 102 m or 335 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.

Gerville 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 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79 and D11 roads.
The commune comprises 6 hamlets or place-names: La Mare Chanseuse, Le Bihorel, La Hêtrée, Le Parlement, Le Beau Soleil and Vue-du-Coquet

Heraldry

 The arms of Gerville are blazoned :
Argent, on a bend azure between 2 phrygian caps gules, 3 mullets (of 6) voided Or.

Population

Historical population of Gerville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population235272235250351381417
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

Gerville church
  • The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The remains of a 19th-century chateau, destroyed by fire in 1944.

See also

References


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