Gueures

Gueures
Commune
The town hall in Gueures
Gueures
Location within Normandy region
Gueures
Coordinates: 49°50′40″N 0°57′47″E / 49.8444°N 0.9631°E / 49.8444; 0.9631Coordinates: 49°50′40″N 0°57′47″E / 49.8444°N 0.9631°E / 49.8444; 0.9631
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Paul Maret
Area1 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 516
 • Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76334 /76730
Elevation 15–84 m (49–276 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated at the confluence of the Saâne and the Vienne rivers, in the Pays de Caux, some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D123 and the D152 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gueures
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population534552533484462530516
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. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The eighteenth-century château.
  • Some interesting houses dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

References


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