Gerville

Gerville
Commune
Coat of arms
Gerville
Location within Normandy region  Gerville
Coordinates: 49°41′48″N 0°19′49″E / 49.6967°N 0.3303°E / 49.6967; 0.3303Coordinates: 49°41′48″N 0°19′49″E / 49.6967°N 0.3303°E / 49.6967; 0.3303
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Fécamp
Intercommunality	CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Area1	3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	417
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76300 /76790
Elevation	90–125 m (295–410 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

Gerville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79 and D11 roads.
The commune comprises 6 hamlets or place-names: La Mare Chanseuse, Le Bihorel, La Hêtrée, Le Parlement, Le Beau Soleil and Vue-du-Coquet

Heraldry

The arms of Gerville are blazoned : Argent, on a bend azure between 2 phrygian caps gules, 3 mullets (of 6) voided Or.

Population

Places of interest

Gerville church

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The remains of a 19th-century chateau, destroyed by fire in 1944.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gerville.

• Gerville on the Quid website (in French)