Clères

Clères
Clères
Location within Upper Normandy region  Clères
Coordinates: 49°36′01″N 1°06′40″E / 49.6003°N 1.1111°ECoordinates: 49°36′01″N 1°06′40″E / 49.6003°N 1.1111°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Clères (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Nathalie Thierry
Area^1	11.36 km^2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	1,361
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76179 / 76690
Elevation	63–181 m (207–594 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 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.

Clères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming and forestry market town situated by the banks of the Clérette river, in the Pays de Caux, some 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 2, D 6, D 53 and the D 100 roads. SNCF has a TER railway station in the town.

Heraldry

The arms of Clères are blazoned : Argent, a bend azure diapered Or, charged with a flamingo Or.

Population

Historical population of Clères

Year	1793	1821	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2011
Population	560	511	1006	1055	1091	1302	1254	1266	1303	1313	1361
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 Sts. Waast-&-Nicolas, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Sauveur at Cordelleville, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame at Le Tôt, dating from the twelfth century.
• A château and its park, home of the zoo.
• A seventeenth century sandstone cross.
• Ruins of a medieval castle.
• Several ancient wood-framed houses.
• The eighteenth century market hall ‘Les Halles’.

People with links to the commune

• Jean Delacour, ornithologist, lived here.

Twin towns

• Goldenstedt, Germany, since 1989
• Leverkusen, Germany, since 2000

See also

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

References

• INSEE

Bibliography

• Hippolyte Lemarchand, Histoire du canton de Clères, 1891 ; Le Pucheux, Fontaine-le-Bourg, 2002 ISBN 2-9517552-2-8

External links

• Clare, Clere, and Clères A paper on the origin of the town's name.
• Tourist Office website (French)
• Clères on the Quid website (French)
• Site perso sur CLERES (French)