Guilmécourt
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Guilmécourt | |
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Part of Petit-Caux | |
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Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°ECoordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Dieppe-2 |
Commune | Petit-Caux |
Area 1 | 7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | 414 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 76630 |
Elevation | 44–147 m (144–482 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Guilmécourt is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[2]
Geography[]
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.
Heraldry[]
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The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned : Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here)
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Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 166 | 185 | 185 | 245 | 240 | 241 | 261 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest[]
- The church of St. Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
- A feudal motte.
Photos from around Guilmécourt[]
Guilmécourt church
Guilmécourt under snow
A field of flax
Harvest time
Oil-seed rape fields
Wheatfields
The countryside
Sheep
The countryside
Guilmécourt at night
Flower of the flax
A field of cut flax
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
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