Le Héron
Appearance
Le Héron | |
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The town hall and school in Le Héron | |
Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylviane Carpentier[1] |
Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 249 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/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. |
Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 233 | — |
1975 | 239 | +0.36% |
1982 | 242 | +0.18% |
1990 | 236 | −0.31% |
1999 | 231 | −0.24% |
2007 | 243 | +0.64% |
2012 | 246 | +0.25% |
2017 | 252 | +0.48% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
[edit]- 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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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