Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Le Tilleul | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°ECoordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Criquetot-l'Esneval |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval |
| Area1 | 6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 680 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76693 / 76790 |
| Elevation |
0–114 m (0–374 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 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 Tilleul is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D940.
Heraldry
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The arms of Le Tilleul are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules a linden flower slipped and leaved between 2 seagulls respectant Or.  Canting arms ('Linden' is tilleul in French). |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 439 | 518 | 453 | 525 | 564 | 582 | 680 |
| 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. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau of Fréfossé.
- The cliffs and beach, which in 2007, provided the backdrop for some scenes in the film La Disparue de Deauville, starring Sophie Marceau.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Tilleul. |
- Le Tilleul on the Quid website (French)
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