Guerville, Seine-Maritime
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_France_(3).JPG) The town hall in Guerville | |
Location of Guerville  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°57′34″N 1°30′53″E / 49.9594°N 1.5147°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Eu |
| Intercommunality | CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Moïse Sauteur |
| Area 1 | 12.46 km2 (4.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 435 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76333 /76340 |
| Elevation | 75–198 m (246–650 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guerville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A village of farming, forestry and light industry situated in the valley of the Bresle river, in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D14, the D115 and the D126 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 386 | 449 | 439 | 438 | 443 | 408 | 435 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Counts of Guerville
One of the most famous counts of Guerville near MANTES , Henri, went to Jerusalem on crusade. On his return he became a member of the justice court. One holder of the title served under Louis XIV, as the head of royal hunting (the "Grand Écuyer of France"). At the time of the French revolution, the last male heir fled to London where his wife died. He returned to France with his two daughters and was buried in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais.
Places of interest
- The remains (a motte and moat) of the old Norman castle.
- The church of St.Gilles, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth century Château de la Grande-Vallée.
- The Château de La Haye.
See also
References
External links
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