Harcanville

Harcanville
Commune
Harcanville
Location within Normandy region
Harcanville
Coordinates: 49°42′54″N 0°45′21″E / 49.715°N 0.7558°E / 49.715; 0.7558Coordinates: 49°42′54″N 0°45′21″E / 49.715°N 0.7558°E / 49.715; 0.7558
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Intercommunality CC Plateau de Caux-Doudeville-Yerville
Government
 • Mayor Philippe Langnel
Area1 7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 451
 • Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76340 /76560
Elevation 108–156 m (354–512 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Harcanville 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 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D149 and the D110 roads. It is very close to the section of Secantan.

Population

Historical population of Harcanville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population404411419440384403451
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.Jean & St.Clair, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A feudal motte.
  • A sixteenth-century fortified manor house, now part of a farm.
  • The eighteenth-century Manoir de Pichemont.

See also

References


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