Le Trait

Le Trait
Le Trait
Location within Upper Normandy region Le Trait
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Duclair
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008 - 2014)	Jean-Marie Aline
Area1	17.52 km2 (6.76 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,292
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76709 / 76580
Elevation	1–117 m (3.3–383.9 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 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.

Le Trait is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

An ex-shipbuilding town, nowadays involved in farming, forestry, light industry and port activity. Technip produces flexible pipes for the offshore oil industry in Le Trait and is the biggest employer. Le Trait is situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 15 miles (24 km) west of Rouen on the D982 road.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Le Trait are blazoned : Per bend sinister azure and argent, a leopard counterchanged.

Population

Historical population of Le Trait

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	6407	6408	6321	5917	5485	5397	8292
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. Nicolas, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a twelfth-century castle.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

Bibliography

• Maurice Quemin, Le Trait, berceau de 200 navires, que sont-ils devenus ?, 1988 ISBN|2-9502241-0-5.

External links

• Official website of the commune (French)
• Le Trait photographers club website (French)
• Le Trait on the Quid website (French)