Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime

Le Tilleul
Commune
The beach near Etretat
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°E / 49.6831; 0.2064Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°E / 49.6831; 0.2064
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Area 1	6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	690
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76693 /76790
Elevation	0–114 m (0–374 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D940.

Heraldry[]

The arms of Le Tilleul are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules a linden flower slipped and leaved between 2 seagulls respectant Or. Canting arms ('Linden' is tilleul in French).

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Fréfossé.
• The cliffs and beach, which in 2007, provided the backdrop for some scenes in the film La Disparue de Deauville, starring Sophie Marceau.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

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