Colleville, Seine-Maritime

Colleville
Colleville
Location within Upper Normandy region  Colleville
Coordinates: 49°44′59″N 0°27′08″E / 49.7497°N 0.4522°ECoordinates: 49°44′59″N 0°27′08″E / 49.7497°N 0.4522°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Valmont
Intercommunality	Canton of Valmont
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michel Renaut
Area^1	7.39 km^2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	694
• Density	94/km^2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76183 / 76400
Elevation	17–124 m (56–407 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 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.

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

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated in the wooded valley of the Valmont River and the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D68 and D28 roads.

Population

Historical population of Colleville, Seine-Maritime

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	488	490	492	594	671	703	694
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.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Some prehistoric and Gallo-Roman remains.
• The sixteenth century château d'Hongerville.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Colleville on the Quid website (French)