Héronchelles

Héronchelles
Héronchelles
Location within Normandy region Héronchelles
Coordinates: 49°31′50″N 1°23′02″E / 49.5306°N 1.3839°E / 49.5306; 1.3839Coordinates: 49°31′50″N 1°23′02″E / 49.5306°N 1.3839°E / 49.5306; 1.3839
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Luc Poyen
Area¹	6.71 km² (2.59 sq mi)
Population (2013)²	131
• Density	20/km² (51/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76359 / 76750
Elevation	95–177 m (312–581 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. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

A very small farming village, source of the tiny river Héronchelles, situated some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D46, D261 and the D290 roads.

Population

Historical population of Héronchelles
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Population	68	88	102	91	102	89	107	131
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. Geneviève and St. Nicolas, dating from the seventeenth century.
Ruins of a feudal castle.
A sixteenth-century chateau.
A dovecote.
A manor.

Leasure facilities

A large picnic area.
A playground.
Petanque.
A village hall.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Héronchelles.

Official Heronchelles's Website (French)

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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