Bois-Himont

Bois-Himont
Bois-Himont
Location within Upper Normandy region  Bois-Himont
Coordinates: 49°35′08″N 0°42′10″E / 49.5856°N 0.7028°ECoordinates: 49°35′08″N 0°42′10″E / 49.5856°N 0.7028°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Government
• Mayor	Louis Dodelin
Area^1	5.84 km^2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	434
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76110 / 76190
Elevation	65–150 m (213–492 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 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-Himont 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 Caux, some 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D104 and the D33 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bois-Himont

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	181	193	182	312	334	392	434
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.Laurent, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A fifteenth-century chapel.
• The eighteenth-century chateau, nowadays a hotel and conference centre.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• The Chateau de Bois-Himont (French)
• Bois-Himont on the Quid website (French)