Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃], before 1962: Héron)[3] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Le Héron | |
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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. |
Geography
editA 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
editYear | 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[4] |
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
editReferences
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.
- ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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