Villers-Écalles
Villers-Écalles | |
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Villers-Écalles | |
Location within Upper Normandy region Villers-Écalles | |
Coordinates: 49°32′22″N 0°55′13″E / 49.5394°N 0.9203°ECoordinates: 49°32′22″N 0°55′13″E / 49.5394°N 0.9203°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Pavilly |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Christophe Emo |
Area1 | 7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 1,847 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76743 / 76360 |
Elevation |
21–119 m (69–390 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 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. |
Villers-Écalles is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A village of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The confectionery company Ferrero has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce Nutella and Kinder Bueno.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 821 | 1035 | 1164 | 1693 | 1777 | 1781 | 1847 |
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. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
- The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
- A seventeenth-century stone cross.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villers-Écalles. |
- Official commune website (French)
- Villers-Écalles on the Quid website (French)
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