Clères
Clères | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Clères  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Clères (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Nathalie Thierry |
| Area 1 | 11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | 1,361 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76179 /76690 |
| Elevation | 63–181 m (207–594 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Clères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A farming and forestry market town situated by the banks of the Clérette river, in the Pays de Caux, some 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 2, D 6, D 53 and the D 100 roads. SNCF has a TER railway station in the town.
Heraldry
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The arms of Clères are blazoned : Argent, a bend azure diapered Or, charged with a flamingo Or.
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Population
| Year | 1793 | 1821 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 |
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| Population | 560 | 511 | 1006 | 1055 | 1091 | 1302 | 1254 | 1266 | 1303 | 1313 | 1361 |
| 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 Sts. Waast-&-Nicolas, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The church of St. Sauveur at Cordelleville, dating from the twelfth century.
- The church of Notre-Dame at Le Tôt, dating from the twelfth century.
- A château and its park, home of the zoo.
- A seventeenth century sandstone cross.
- Ruins of a medieval castle.
- Several ancient wood-framed houses.
- The eighteenth century market hall ‘Les Halles’.
People with links to the commune
- Jean Delacour, ornithologist, lived here.
Twin towns
Goldenstedt, Germany, since 1989- Leverkusen, Germany, since 2000
See also
References
Bibliography
- Hippolyte Lemarchand, Histoire du canton de Clères, 1891 ; Le Pucheux, Fontaine-le-Bourg, 2002 ISBN 2-9517552-2-8
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clères.
- Clare, Clere, and Clères A paper on the origin of the town's name.
- Tourist Office website Template:Fr icon
- Clères on the Quid website Template:Fr icon
- Site perso sur CLERES Template:Fr icon
