Bois-Héroult

Bois-Héroult
Bois-Héroult
Location within Upper Normandy region  Bois-Héroult
Coordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°24′23″E / 49.5633°N 1.4064°ECoordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°24′23″E / 49.5633°N 1.4064°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Intercommunality	Moulin d'Écalles
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Édouard de Pradel de Lamaze
Area^1	6.59 km^2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	170
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76109 / 76750
Elevation	135–232 m (443–761 ft) (avg. 207 m or 679 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.

Bois-Héroult is a commune in the Seine-Maritime département in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D61 and the D96 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bois-Héroult

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	166	134	112	121	130	140	167
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau, with dovecote and a park.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Bois-Héroult on the Quid website (French)