Mont-Cauvaire

Mont-Cauvaire
Mont-Cauvaire
Location within Upper Normandy region  Mont-Cauvaire
Coordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E / 49.5717°N 1.1106°ECoordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E / 49.5717°N 1.1106°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Clères
Government
• Mayor	Emmanuel De Bailliencourt
Area^1	9.02 km^2 (3.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	614
• Density	68/km^2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76443 / 76690
Elevation	65–176 m (213–577 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, situated along the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen on the D3 road.

Heraldry

The arms of Mont-Cauvaire are blazoned : Gules, 2 fesses wavy abased, with a triple-peaked mount argent over them, in chief a leopard Or armed sable, langued gules, holding a latin cross bendwise sable.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
411	451	471	557	603	566	614
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth century sandstone cross.
• The seventeenth century Château du Rombosc, with its chapel, and parkland.
• The Château du Fossé, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth century Pavillon de La Tourelle and its parkland.
• Two dovecotes and a communal oven.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Mont-Cauvaire on the Quid website (French)