La Gaillarde

La Gaillarde
La Gaillarde
Location within Upper Normandy region  La Gaillarde
Coordinates: 49°50′11″N 0°51′39″E / 49.8364°N 0.8608°ECoordinates: 49°50′11″N 0°51′39″E / 49.8364°N 0.8608°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jérôme Lheureux
Area^1	7.78 km^2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	436
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76294 / 76740
Elevation	24–87 m (79–285 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the Dun river in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D4 and the D237 roads.

Population

Historical population of La Gaillarde

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	464	519	462	378	420	415	436
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

• Two 16th-century stone crosses.
• A recently restored 11th-century chapel.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website about the village (French)
• La Gaillarde on the Quid website (French)