Héricourt-en-Caux

Héricourt-en-Caux
Commune

Coat of arms
Héricourt-en-Caux
Location within Normandy region
Héricourt-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°41′52″N 0°41′56″E / 49.6978°N 0.6989°E / 49.6978; 0.6989Coordinates: 49°41′52″N 0°41′56″E / 49.6978°N 0.6989°E / 49.6978; 0.6989
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Intercommunality CC Plateau de Caux-Doudeville-Yerville
Government
 • Mayor Denis Aubourg
Area1 10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 953
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76355 /76560
Elevation 53–141 m (174–463 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Héricourt-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village by the banks of the Durdent river, in the Pays de Caux, some 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D131, D233 and D149 roads.

Population

Historical population of Héricourt-en-Caux
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population360425515681730867953
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.Denis, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • Three chapels.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • A watermill.
  • The chateau de Boscol, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The motte of an old castle.

See also

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