Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts

Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Commune
The church in Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts

Coat of arms
Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Location within Normandy region
Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Coordinates: 49°36′28″N 0°47′12″E / 49.6078°N 0.7867°E / 49.6078; 0.7867Coordinates: 49°36′28″N 0°47′12″E / 49.6078°N 0.7867°E / 49.6078; 0.7867
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Intercommunality Région d'Yvetot
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Mario Demazieres
Area1 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 657
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76568 /76190
Elevation 57–142 m (187–466 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 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.

Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts 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 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D5 and the D131e roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts are blazoned :
Argent, on a bend gules between a garb [of wheat] and a lion vert, a buckle between 2 mullets of 5 all palewise Or.

Population

Historical population of Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population257291285411484560657
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 cross
  • The church of St.Clair, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A fifteenth century manorhouse.
  • The 3 Châteaux (de Marseille, Mézerville and de Taillanville).
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.

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.