Héronchelles

Héronchelles
Héronchelles
Location within Upper Normandy region Héronchelles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Government
• Mayor	Christian Alexandre
Area1	6.71 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	107
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76359 / 76750
Elevation	95–177 m (312–581 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 ft)
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.

Héronchelles is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A very small farming village, source of the tiny river Héronchelles, situated some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D46, D261 and the D290 roads.

Population

Historical population of Héronchelles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	68	88	102	91	102	89	107
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. Geneviève and St. Nicolas, dating from the seventeenth century.
• Ruins of a feudal castle.
• A sixteenth-century chateau and dovecote .

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Héronchelles on the Quid website (French)