Héricourt-en-Caux

Héricourt-en-Caux
Héricourt-en-Caux
Location within Upper Normandy region Héricourt-en-Caux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Ourville-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Plateau de Caux-Fleur de Lin
Government
• Mayor	Denis Aubourg
Area1	10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	953
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76355 / 76560
Elevation	53–141 m (174–463 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Héricourt-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village by the banks of the Durdent river, in the Pays de Caux, some 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D131, D233 and D149 roads.

Population

Historical population of Héricourt-en-Caux

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	360	425	515	681	730	867	953
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.Denis, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Three chapels.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• A watermill.
• The chateau de Boscol, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The motte of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official Website (French)
• Héricourt-en-Caux on the Quid website (French)