Le Trait

Le Trait
Commune
The town hall in Le Trait
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°48′22″E / 49.4886°N 0.8061°E / 49.4886; 0.8061Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°48′22″E / 49.4886°N 0.8061°E / 49.4886; 0.8061
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Callais
Area 1	17.52 km2 (6.76 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	4,900
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76709 /76580
Elevation	1–117 m (3.3–383.9 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 Trait is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography[]

An ex-shipbuilding town, nowadays involved in farming, forestry, light industry and port activity. Technip produces flexible pipes for the offshore oil industry in Le Trait and is the biggest employer. Le Trait is situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 15 miles (24 km) west of Rouen on the road.

Heraldry[]

The arms of the commune of Le Trait are blazoned : Per bend sinister azure and argent, a leopard counterchanged.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Nicolas, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a twelfth-century castle.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Maurice Quemin, Le Trait, berceau de 200 navires, que sont-ils devenus ?, 1988 ISBN 2-9502241-0-5.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Trait.

• Official website of the commune (in French)
• Le Trait photographers club website (in French)