Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude

Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude
Commune
The town hall in Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude

Coat of arms
Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude
Location within Normandy region
Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude
Coordinates: 49°33′20″N 0°43′18″E / 49.5556°N 0.7217°E / 49.5556; 0.7217Coordinates: 49°33′20″N 0°43′18″E / 49.5556°N 0.7217°E / 49.5556; 0.7217
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon
Intercommunality CA Caux vallée de Seine
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Louis Manero
Area1 14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 928
 • Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76418 /76490
Elevation 7–144 m (23–472 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude 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 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D40 and D281 and also the D131 and D490 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Maulévrier-Sainte-Gertrude are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Argent, a tower sable open and pierced of the field; 2: Azure, a greyhound argent, collared gules; 3: Azure, a fess wavy argent, overall a crozier Or palewise; 4: Argent 3 millrinds gules.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
572621685905922905928
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Gertrude, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of St.Léonard, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The thirteenth century donjon.
  • Traces of another feudal castle.

See also

References


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