Gruchet-Saint-Siméon

Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Location within Upper Normandy region  Gruchet-Saint-Siméon
Coordinates: 49°49′07″N 0°53′42″E / 49.8186°N 0.895°ECoordinates: 49°49′07″N 0°53′42″E / 49.8186°N 0.895°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bacqueville-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Paul Meegens
Area^1	2.63 km^2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	711
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76330 / 76810
Elevation	69–94 m (226–308 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Gruchet-Saint-Siméon is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Gruchet-Saint-Siméon are blazoned : Quarterly azure and argent, in bend 2 crosses couped Or, and in bend sinister a crowned lion and a double-headed eagle gules.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70 and the D270 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gruchet-Saint-Siméon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	577	612	597	601	633	661	711
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.Siméon, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A fifteenth century farmhouse.
• A protestant church.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Gruchet-Saint-Siméon on the Quid website (French)