Bouquelon

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Bouquelon
Bouquelon (France)
Bouquelon
region Normandy
Department Your
Arrondissement Bernay
Canton Bourg-Achard
Community association Pont-Audemer Val de Risle
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 30'  E
height 1–121 m
surface 11.71 km 2
Residents 512 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 27500
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Bouquelon

Bouquelon is a commune with 512 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Normandy (before 2016 Haute-Normandie ) in France . It belongs to the Eure department , the Bernay arrondissement and the Bourg-Achard canton ( Quillebeuf-sur-Seine until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called bouquelonnais .

geography

Bouquelon is about 33 kilometers east-southeast of Le Havre . The Risle limits the community to the west and south-west. Bouquelon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marais-Vernier in the north and north-west, Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare in the north and north-east, Le Perrey in the east, Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville in the south and south-west, Toutainville in the south, and Saint-Sulpice -de-Grimbouville in the south-west, Foulbec in the west and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 244 258 235 225 284 295 368 431
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Ouen church from the 11th century with renovations from the 13th / 14th centuries. Century, Monument historique since 1948
  • Le Plessis castle from the 15th century with extensions and conversions from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century, Monument historique since 2005/2011

Web links

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