Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt | |
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Guilmécourt | |
Location within Upper Normandy region Guilmécourt | |
Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°ECoordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Upper Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Envermeu |
Intercommunality | Petit Caux |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pierre Batte |
Area1 | 7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 261 |
• Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76337 / 76630 |
Elevation |
44–147 m (144–482 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 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. |
Guilmécourt is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.
Heraldry
The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned : Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here) |
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 166 | 185 | 185 | 245 | 240 | 241 | 261 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The church of St.Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
- A feudal motte.
Photos from around Guilmécourt
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Guilmécourt church
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Guilmécourt under snow
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A field of flax
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Harvest time
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Oil-seed rape fields
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Wheatfields
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The countryside
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Sheep
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The countryside
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Guilmécourt at night
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Flower of the flax
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A field of cut flax
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guilmécourt. |
- Guilmécourt on the Quid website (French)