Manéglise

Manéglise
Commune
The town hall in Manéglise

Coat of arms
Manéglise
Location within Normandy region
Manéglise
Coordinates: 49°34′02″N 0°15′18″E / 49.5671°N 0.2549°E / 49.5671; 0.2549Coordinates: 49°34′02″N 0°15′18″E / 49.5671°N 0.2549°E / 49.5671; 0.2549
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality CA havraise
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Daniel Soudant
Area1 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,174
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76404 /76133
Elevation 48–118 m (157–387 ft)
(avg. 66 m or 217 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.

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

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and D52 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Manéglise are blazoned :
Azure, the local church between in base 3 buckles Or, and in chief a chapé gules, the dexter one charged with 2 stalks of wheat in saltire, the sinister one with 2 leopards Or, overall a chevronel (??) argent on the line of division.

Population

Historical population of Manéglise
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population474513604912105111901218
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.Germain, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A sixteenth-century chapel.
  • The château des Hellandes, built in 1904 by Monsieur Levesque on the site of a 17th-century manorhouse. It was used as a hospital during World War I.

Twinned with

See also

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