Guerville, Seine-Maritime

Guerville
Guerville
Location within Upper Normandy region  Guerville
Coordinates: 49°57′34″N 1°30′53″E / 49.9594°N 1.5147°ECoordinates: 49°57′34″N 1°30′53″E / 49.9594°N 1.5147°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
• Mayor	Moïse Sauteur
Area^1	12.46 km^2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	435
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76333 / 76340
Elevation	75–198 m (246–650 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 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.

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

Geography

A village of farming, forestry and light industry situated in the valley of the Bresle river, in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D14, the D115 and the D126 roads.

Population

Historical population of Guerville, Seine-Maritime

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	386	449	439	438	443	408	435
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Counts of Guerville

One of the most famous counts of Guerville near MANTES , Henri, went to Jerusalem on crusade. On his return he became a member of the justice court. One holder of the title served under Louis XIV, as the head of royal hunting (the "Grand Écuyer of France"). At the time of the French revolution, the last male heir fled to London where his wife died. He returned to France with his two daughters and was buried in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais.

Places of interest

• The remains (a motte and moat) of the old Norman castle.
• The church of St.Gilles, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château de la Grande-Vallée.
• The Château de La Haye.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Guerville on the Quid website (French)