Guerville, Seine-Maritime

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Guerville
The town hall in Guerville
The town hall in Guerville
Location of Guerville
Guerville is located in France
Guerville
Guerville
Coordinates: 49°57′34″N 1°30′53″E / 49.9594°N 1.5147°E / 49.9594; 1.5147Coordinates: 49°57′34″N 1°30′53″E / 49.9594°N 1.5147°E / 49.9594; 1.5147
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonEu
IntercommunalityCC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Étienne Lannel
Area
1
12.46 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
468
 • Density38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76333 /76340
Elevation75–198 m (246–650 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guerville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A village of farming, forestry and light industry situated in the valley of the river Bresle, in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D14, the D115 and the D126 roads.

Population[]

Historical population of Guerville, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population386449439438443408435
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Counts of Guerville[]

One of the most famous counts of Guerville near MANTES, Henri, went to Jerusalem on crusade. On his return he became a member of the justice court. One holder of the title served under Louis XIV, as the head of royal hunting (the "Grand Écuyer of France"). At the time of the French revolution, the last male heir fled to London where his wife died. He returned to France with his two daughters and was buried in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais.

Places of interest[]

  • The remains (a motte and moat) of the old Norman castle.
  • The church of St. Gilles, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The nineteenth century Château de la Grande-Vallée.
  • The Château de La Haye.

See also[]

  • Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.



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