Rieux, Seine-Maritime

Rieux
Rieux

Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E / 49.9361°N 1.5819°E / 49.9361; 1.5819Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E / 49.9361°N 1.5819°E / 49.9361; 1.5819
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
  Mayor Christian Roussel
Area1 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 660
  Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76528 / 76340
Elevation 61–209 m (200–686 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 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.

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

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D149 with the D407 road, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe.

Heraldry

The arms of Rieux are blazoned :
Or, on a fess wavy azure between a demi-lion issuant from the fess and, in fess a rose between 2 mallets gules, a sword [fesswise] argent.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
362 407 415 417 475 576 660
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

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