Guilmécourt

Guilmécourt is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[1]

Guilmécourt
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt
Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area
1
7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
261
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76630
Elevation44–147 m (144–482 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.

Heraldry
Arms of Guilmécourt
 The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here)

Population
Historical population of Guilmécourt
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population166185185245240241261
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. Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • A feudal motte.

Photos from around Guilmécourt
  • Guilmécourt church
  • Guilmécourt under snow
  • A field of flax
  • Harvest time
  • Oil-seed rape fields
  • Wheatfields
  • The countryside
  • Sheep
  • The countryside
  • Guilmécourt at night
  • Flower of the flax
  • A field of cut flax

See also

References
  1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)



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