Thérouldeville

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Thérouldeville
Thérouldeville
Coordinates: 49°45′34″N 0°31′27″E / 49.7594°N 0.5242°E / 49.7594; 0.5242Coordinates: 49°45′34″N 0°31′27″E / 49.7594°N 0.5242°E / 49.7594; 0.5242
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Valmont
Intercommunality Canton of Valmont
Government
 • Mayor Alain Bazille
Area
 • Land1 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 517
 • Population2 Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76685 / 76540
Elevation 54–131 m (177–430 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Thérouldeville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the woodland valley of the Valmont River in the Pays de Caux, situated some 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D33, D69 and D17 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Thérouldeville are blazoned :
Vert, the local church in profile, door to dexter argent, a chief per pale 1: barry argent and gules, a lion sable crowned Or; and 2: gules, 2 swords in saltire Or.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
334 360292 340 423 457 517
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Pierre and St. Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The remains of Valmont Abbey.

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