Villers-Écalles

Villers-Écalles
Villers-Écalles
Location within Upper Normandy region Villers-Écalles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Pavilly
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Christophe Emo
Area1	7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,847
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76743 / 76360
Elevation	21–119 m (69–390 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 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.

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

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The confectionery company Ferrero has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce Nutella and Kinder Bueno.

Population

Historical population of Villers-Écalles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	821	1035	1164	1693	1777	1781	1847
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. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official commune website (French)
• Villers-Écalles on the Quid website (French)