Ourville-en-Caux

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Ourville-en-Caux
Ourville-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°43′47″N 0°36′23″E / 49.7297°N 0.6064°E / 49.7297; 0.6064Coordinates: 49°43′47″N 0°36′23″E / 49.7297°N 0.6064°E / 49.7297; 0.6064
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Ourville-en-Caux
Intercommunality Côte d'Albâtre
Area
  Land1 9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 1,002
  Population2 Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76490 / 76450
Elevation 55–135 m (180–443 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ourville-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village with a little light industry, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D5, D50, D28 and D75.

Heraldry

The arms of Ourville-en-Caux are blazoned :
Gules, 4 pales gules between (in fess) 5 stalks of wheat Or, overall 2 hurts the dextre charged with cow's head, and the sinister with a sheep head.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
685 693 756 896 933 1041 1002
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

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