Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts

Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts
Coordinates: 49°36′28″N 0°47′12″E / 49.6078°N 0.7867°ECoordinates: 49°36′28″N 0°47′12″E / 49.6078°N 0.7867°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Intercommunality	Région d'Yvetot
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mario Demazieres
Area^1	4.07 km^2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	657
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76568 / 76190
Elevation	57–142 m (187–466 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 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.

Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D5 and the D131e roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts are blazoned : Argent, on a bend gules between a garb [of wheat] and a lion vert, a buckle between 2 mullets of 5 all palewise Or.

Population

Historical population of Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	257	291	285	411	484	560	657
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 cross

• The church of St.Clair, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A fifteenth century manorhouse.
• The 3 Châteaux (de Marseille, Mézerville and de Taillanville).
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Clair-sur-les-Monts on the Quid website (French)