Sainte-Austreberthe, Seine-Maritime

Sainte-Austreberthe
Commune
A view within Sainte-Austreberthe

Coat of arms
Sainte-Austreberthe
Location within Normandy region
Sainte-Austreberthe
Coordinates: 49°35′55″N 0°58′31″E / 49.5986°N 0.9753°E / 49.5986; 0.9753Coordinates: 49°35′55″N 0°58′31″E / 49.5986°N 0.9753°E / 49.5986; 0.9753
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
 • Mayor Daniel Gressent
Area1 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 595
 • Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76566 /76570
Elevation 77–168 m (253–551 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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.

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

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River, some 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D22, D53 and the D103 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Sainte-Austreberthe are blazoned :
Or, St. Austreberthe argent vested proper, holding a crozier sable in her left hand, a wolf ??? overlying her feet, and on a chief vert a fess wavy argent.

Population

Historical population of Sainte-Austreberthe, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population342416545453521583595
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 church of St. Austreberthe, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The chateau of Langrume.
  • The sixteenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

References

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