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Mont-Cauvaire
Administration Country France Region Upper Normandy Department Seine-Maritime Arrondissement Rouen Canton Clères Mayor Emmanuel De Bailliencourt Statistics Elevation 65–176 m (213–577 ft)
(avg. 175 m/574 ft)Land area1 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi) Population2 614 (2006) - Density 68 /km2 (180 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 76443/ 76690 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. Coordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E / 49.5716666667°N 1.11055555556°E
Mont-Cauvaire is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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Geography
A farming village, situated along the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen on the D3 road.
Heraldry
The arms of Mont-Cauvaire are blazoned :
Gules, 2 fesses wavy abased, with a triple-peaked mount argent over them, in chief a leopard Or armed sable, langued gules, holding a latin cross bendwise sable.Population
Population history 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 411 451 471 557 603 566 614 Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
- A sixteenth century sandstone cross.
- The seventeenth century Château du Rombosc, with its chapel, and parkland.
- The Château du Fossé, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The eighteenth century Pavillon de La Tourelle and its parkland.
- Two dovecotes and a communal oven.
See also
References
External links
- Mont-Cauvaire on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Seine-Maritime
- Rouen geography stubs
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