Le Héron
Le Héron | |
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Part of Morville-le-Héron | |
The town hall and school in Le Héron | |
Location of Le Héron | |
Le Héron Le Héron | |
| Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E / 49.4975°N 1.3942°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Commune | Morville-le-Héron |
Area 1 | 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 250 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 76780 |
| Elevation | 62–183 m (203–600 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃], before 1962: Héron)[2] is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Morville-le-Héron.[3]
Geography
A small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 233 | — |
| 1975 | 239 | +0.36% |
| 1982 | 242 | +0.18% |
| 1990 | 236 | −0.31% |
| 1999 | 231 | −0.24% |
| 2007 | 243 | +0.64% |
| 2012 | 246 | +0.25% |
| 2017 | 252 | +0.48% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
- An eighteenth-century château and its park.
- The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
- A nineteenth-century chapel.
- The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
- ^ Arrêté du 2 décembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Morville-le-Héron, Légifrance, retrieved 16 January 2025
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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