Gerville

Gerville
The church in Gerville
Location of Gerville
Gerville
Gerville
Coordinates: 49°41′48″N 0°19′49″E / 49.6967°N 0.3303°E / 49.6967; 0.3303
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonFécamp
IntercommunalityCA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Estelle Guénot
Area
1
3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
421
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76300 /76790
Elevation90–125 m (295–410 ft)
(avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gerville (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.[2]

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79 and D11 roads.
The commune comprises 6 hamlets or place-names: La Mare Chanseuse, Le Bihorel, La Hêtrée, Le Parlement, Le Beau Soleil and Vue-du-Coquet

Heraldry

The arms of Gerville are blazoned :
Argent, on a bend azure between 2 phrygian caps gules, 3 mullets (of 6) voided Or.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 272—    
1975 235−2.07%
1982 250+0.89%
1990 351+4.33%
1999 381+0.92%
2007 413+1.01%
2012 377−1.81%
2017 424+2.38%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The remains of a 19th-century chateau, destroyed by fire in 1944.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Commune de Gerville (76300)". INSEE. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE