Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
Commune

Coat of arms
Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
Location within Normandy region
Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
Coordinates: 49°33′33″N 0°38′43″E / 49.5592°N 0.6453°E / 49.5592; 0.6453Coordinates: 49°33′33″N 0°38′43″E / 49.5592°N 0.6453°E / 49.5592; 0.6453
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon
Intercommunality CA Caux vallée de Seine
Government
 • Mayor Colette Vanier
Area1 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 338
 • Density 56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76585 /76490
Elevation 32–141 m (105–463 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 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-Gilles-de-Crétot is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D40 with the D440 road.

Heraldry

 The arms of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot are blazoned :
Azure, a armed senestrochere argent holding a lance palewise Or, from which a banner argent a bend wavy gules.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
184188182194253268338
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Gilles, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • Two châteaux, de La Viézaire and de La Picottière.

See also

References


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