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Le Héron

Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°E / 49.4975; 1.3942
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Le Héron
The town hall and school in Le Héron
The town hall and school in Le Héron
Location of Le Héron
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Le Héron is located in France
Le Héron
Le Héron
Le Héron is located in Normandy
Le Héron
Le Héron
Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°E / 49.4975; 1.3942
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonGournay-en-Bray
IntercommunalityCC 4 rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sylviane Carpentier[1]
Area
1
10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
249
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76358 /76780
Elevation62–183 m (203–600 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃], before 1962: Héron)[3] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 233—    
1975 239+0.36%
1982 242+0.18%
1990 236−0.31%
1999 231−0.24%
2007 243+0.64%
2012 246+0.25%
2017 252+0.48%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE