Beauvoir-en-Lyons

Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Location within Upper Normandy region  Beauvoir-en-Lyons
Coordinates: 49°30′14″N 1°35′13″E / 49.5039°N 1.5869°ECoordinates: 49°30′14″N 1°35′13″E / 49.5039°N 1.5869°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Argueil
Intercommunality	Monts et de l'Andelle
Government
• Mayor	Dominique Rimbert
Area^1	33.29 km^2 (12.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	562
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76067 / 76220
Elevation	129–231 m (423–758 ft) (avg. 248 m or 814 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.

Beauvoir-en-Lyons is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 27 miles (43 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D1, D84 and D57 roads.

Population

Historical population of Beauvoir-en-Lyons

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	453	561	539	464	463	473	562
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.Nicolas, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The remains of a 12th-century castle.
• Traces of the abbey of Saint-Laurent.
• The two châteaux at Bos-Hyons at Routieux.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Beauvoir-en-Lyons on the Quid website (French)