Mont-Cauvaire

Mont-Cauvaire
Commune
The dovecote of the Domaine du Fossé
Coat of arms
Mont-Cauvaire Location within Normandy region Mont-Cauvaire
Coordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E / 49.5717°N 1.1106°E / 49.5717; 1.1106Coordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E / 49.5717°N 1.1106°E / 49.5717; 1.1106
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Government
• Mayor	Emmanuel De Bailliencourt
Area1	9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	614
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76443 /76690
Elevation	65–176 m (213–577 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, situated along the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen on the D3 road.

Heraldry

The arms of Mont-Cauvaire are blazoned : Gules, 2 fesses wavy abased, with a triple-peaked mount argent over them, in chief a leopard Or armed sable, langued gules, holding a latin cross bendwise sable.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth century sandstone cross.
• The seventeenth century Château du Rombosc, with its chapel, and parkland.
• The Château du Fossé, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth century Pavillon de La Tourelle and its parkland.
• Two dovecotes and a communal oven.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont-Cauvaire.

• Mont-Cauvaire on the Quid website (in French)