Gruchet-Saint-Siméon

Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Commune

Coat of arms
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Location within Normandy region
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Coordinates: 49°49′07″N 0°53′42″E / 49.8186°N 0.895°E / 49.8186; 0.895Coordinates: 49°49′07″N 0°53′42″E / 49.8186°N 0.895°E / 49.8186; 0.895
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Paul Meegens
Area1 2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 711
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76330 /76810
Elevation 69–94 m (226–308 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Gruchet-Saint-Siméon is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Heraldry

 The arms of Gruchet-Saint-Siméon are blazoned :
Quarterly azure and argent, in bend 2 crosses couped Or, and in bend sinister a crowned lion and a double-headed eagle gules.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70 and the D270 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population577612597601633661711
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.Siméon, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A fifteenth century farmhouse.
  • A protestant church.

See also

References


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