Le Héron
Le Héron is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Le Héron | |
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 The town hall and school in Le Héron | |
Location of Le Héron 
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| Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Pierre Bisson |
| Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 252 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76358 /76780 |
| Elevation | 62–183 m (203–600 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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 small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 |
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| Population | 259 | 233 | 239 | 242 | 236 | 231 | 248 | 242 | 245 | 242 |
| 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
- An eighteenth-century château and its park.
- The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
- A nineteenth-century chapel.
- The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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