Rieux, Seine-Maritime

Rieux
Commune
The manor in Rieux

Coat of arms
Rieux
Location within Normandy region
Rieux
Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E / 49.9361°N 1.5819°E / 49.9361; 1.5819Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E / 49.9361°N 1.5819°E / 49.9361; 1.5819
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor Christian Roussel
Area1 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 660
 • Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76528 /76340
Elevation 61–209 m (200–686 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.
St Martin and Bartholomeus church in Rieux

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

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D149 with the D407 road, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe.

Heraldry

 The arms of Rieux are blazoned :
Or, on a fess wavy azure between a demi-lion issuant from the fess and, in fess a rose between 2 mallets gules, a sword [fesswise] argent.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
362407415417475576660
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin & St. Barthélemy, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A fifteenth century brick-built manorhouse.

See also

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.