Saint-Germain-des-Essourts

Saint-Germain-des-Essourts
Saint-Germain-des-Essourts
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Germain-des-Essourts
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Michel Duval
Area1	9.37 km2 (3.62 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	364
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76581 / 76750
Elevation	101–171 m (331–561 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

Saint-Germain-des-Essourts is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D98 with the D87 and the D7 with the D61 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of the river Crevon, a small tributary of the Andelle river.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
260	245	247	247	329	352	364
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Germain, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• The nineteenth-century chateau of Fontaine-Châtel.
• The chateau of Bimare.
• The chapel of St. Austreberthe.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Germain-des-Essourts on the Quid website (French)