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Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt

Coordinates: 49°32′17″N 0°28′21″E / 49.5381°N 0.4725°E / 49.5381; 0.4725
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Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
The town hall in Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
The town hall in Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Coat of arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Location of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
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Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt is located in France
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt is located in Normandy
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Coordinates: 49°32′17″N 0°28′21″E / 49.5381°N 0.4725°E / 49.5381; 0.4725
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonBolbec
IntercommunalityCaux Seine Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Debray[1]
Area
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6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,097
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76556 /76170
Elevation10–137 m (33–449 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃twan la fɔʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

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A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 18 miles (29 km) east of Le Havre, at the junction of the D34 and D17 roads, in the valley of the Bolbec river.

Heraldry

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Arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
The arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt are blazoned :
Or, on a fess indented azure between 2 angennes and a cross moline gules, a demi-lion issuant from the base of the fess argent.[3]

The coat of arms of the commune was officially adopted in 2000



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968515—    
1975530+0.41%
1982749+5.06%
1990902+2.35%
1999935+0.40%
2007992+0.74%
20121,032+0.79%
20171,079+0.89%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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  • The church of St. Antoine, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The manorhouse at Les Côtières.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ (Note: this angenne is very rose-like, not the highly stylized cinqfoil.)
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE