Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime

Le Tilleul
Le Tilleul
	Commune
	The beach near Etretat
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Le Tilleul Location within Normandy region Le Tilleul
	Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°ECoordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CC Canton de Criquetot-l'Esneval
Area1	6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	680
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76693 /76790
Elevation	0–114 m (0–374 ft) ; (avg. 110 m or 360 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.

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

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D940.

	The arms of Le Tilleul are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules a linden flower slipped and leaved between 2 seagulls respectant Or. Canting arms ('Linden' is tilleul in French).

Historical population of Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	439	518	453	525	564	582	680
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
The eighteenth-century chateau of Fréfossé.
The cliffs and beach, which in 2007, provided the backdrop for some scenes in the film La Disparue de Deauville, starring Sophie Marceau.

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