Le Trait

Le Trait

Coat of arms
Le Trait

Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°48′22″E / 49.4886°N 0.8061°E / 49.4886; 0.8061Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°48′22″E / 49.4886°N 0.8061°E / 49.4886; 0.8061
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)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population6407640863215917548553978292
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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