Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit

Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit
Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit
Location within Upper Normandy region Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Caudebec-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Caux-Vallée de Seine
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Roger Berry
Area1	9.78 km2 (3.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	639
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76473 / 76940
Elevation	1–53 m (3.3–173.9 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 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.

Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux by the banks of the river Seine, some 16 miles (26 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D490 and the D65 roads. The nearby Brotonne bridge was, until the late 20th century, the only bridge over the Seine downstream of Rouen.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
386	383	413	469	504	559	639
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The Notre-Dame manorhouse.
• A sixteenth century dovecote.
• The Maison du Parc, an ancient farmhouse.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit on the Quid website (French)