Le Héron
| Le Héron | |
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  Le Héron | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Le Héron | |
| Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°ECoordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Darnétal |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Monts et de l'Andelle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Pierre Bisson |
| Area1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)2 | 242 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76358 / 76780 |
| Elevation |
62–183 m (203–600 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
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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. | |
Le Héron is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 259 | 233 | 239 | 242 | 236 | 231 | 248 | 242 | 245 | 242 |
| 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
- An eighteenth-century château and its park.
- The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
- A nineteenth-century chapel.
- The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Héron. |
- Le Héron on the Quid website (French)
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