Les Loges, Seine-Maritime

Les Loges
Les Loges
Location within Upper Normandy region  Les Loges
Coordinates: 49°42′01″N 0°17′03″E / 49.7003°N 0.2842°ECoordinates: 49°42′01″N 0°17′03″E / 49.7003°N 0.2842°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Fécamp
Government
• Mayor	Gilbert Mabille
Area^1	14.86 km^2 (5.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,155
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76390 / 76790
Elevation	0–121 m (0–397 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 13 miles (21 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72, D74 and D940 roads.

History

The name of the commune comes from the French word loge, meaning a cabin or shelter, or more usually in English, a hunting-lodge.
The village is located almost at the end of the old Roman road linking Lillebonne with Étretat.
William the Conqueror’s granddaughter, the Empress Matilda gave this area to a Nicolas Estouteville in the twelfth century, to thank him for his support and loyalty. The seigneurie belonged to the family of Estouteville for eight centuries.
At the end of the nineteenth century, the Grimaldi family (of Monaco), who also bear the name of Estouteville, used the manorhouse as a residence resort.

Population

Historical population of Les Loges, Seine-Maritime

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	880	916	873	999	1015	1036	1155
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Manor d'Estouteville, originally eleventh century.
• The Town Hall, built in the nineteenth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Les Loges 76 (unofficial website) (French)
• Les Loges on the Quid website (French)