Le Héron

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Le Héron
Le Héron (France)
Le Héron
region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Community association 4 Rivières
Coordinates 49 ° 30 '  N , 1 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 1 ° 24'  E
height 62-183 m
surface 10.72 km 2
Residents 252 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 76160
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) and school in Le Héron

Le Héron is a French municipality with 252 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It belongs to the Dieppe arrondissement and is part of the canton of Gournay-en-Bray (until 2015: canton Darnétal ).

geography

Le Héron is about 25 kilometers east-northeast of Rouen . Le Héron is surrounded by the neighboring communities Rebets in the north, La Chapelle-Saint-Ouen in the north and northeast, Saint-Lucien in the northeast, Morville-sur-Andelle in the east and southeast, Croisy-sur-Andelle in the south, Elbeuf-sur- Andelle in the west and south-west, Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry in the west and north-west and Boissay in the north-west.

Population development

year Residents
1962 259
1968 233
1975 239
1982 242
1990 236
1999 231
2006 242
2012 246

Attractions

  • Ruins of the Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Gilles church from the 12th century with alterations from the 17th and 18th centuries, destroyed by fire in 1879
  • Saint-Michel church
  • Le Héron castle and park from the 18th century
  • Malvoisine mansion, built at the beginning of the 17th century, monument historique since 1993 , depicted in the cartoon Gute Reise, Charlie Brown (1980) as Château du Mal Voisin
  • Sepulchral Chapel, Monument historique since 1989

Individual evidence

  1. INSEE: Population development of Le Héron 1962–2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.recensement.insee.fr  

Web links

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