Morgny-la-Pommeraye

Morgny-la-Pommeraye
Commune
The church in Morgny-la-Pommeraye

Coat of arms
Morgny-la-Pommeraye
Location within Normandy region
Morgny-la-Pommeraye
Coordinates: 49°30′41″N 1°15′21″E / 49.5114°N 1.2558°E / 49.5114; 1.2558Coordinates: 49°30′41″N 1°15′21″E / 49.5114°N 1.2558°E / 49.5114; 1.2558
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Le Mesnil-Esnard
Area1 6.48 km2 (2.50 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 1,020
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76453 /76750
Elevation 120–168 m (394–551 ft)
(avg. 164 m or 538 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.

Morgny-la-Pommeraye is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D 12, D 90 and the D 15 roads. SNCF operates a TER train service here.

Heraldry

 The arms of Morgny-la-Pommeraye are blazoned :
Azure, a double-headed eagle (??with wings lowered??), and on a chief Or, in pale a mullet of 5 and a crescent gules, between a swan passant and a broom plant vert.

Population

Population history
196219681975198219901999200620072011
305309474590793892100710231020
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The church of St.Madeleine, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The Château de Mondétour.
  • A sixteenth century manorhouse.

See also

References

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