Val-de-la-Haye

Val-de-la-Haye
Val-de-la-Haye
Location within Upper Normandy region  Val-de-la-Haye
Coordinates: 49°22′41″N 1°00′07″E / 49.378°N 1.002°ECoordinates: 49°22′41″N 1°00′07″E / 49.378°N 1.002°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Grand-Couronne
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008 - 2014)	Étienne Hebert
Area^1	10.16 km^2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	764
• Density	75/km^2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76717 / 76380
Elevation	2–119 m (6.6–390.4 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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.

Val-de-la-Haye is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and light industrial village situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Rouen on the D51 road. A car ferry connects with the commune of Petit-Couronne on the opposite bank.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Val-de-la-Haye are blazoned : Per pale 1: gules, 2 demi-leopards issuant from the line of division and 2: azure, a boat proper issuant from sinister sailing on a base barry wavy azure and argent, and in chief an imperial French eagle Or grasping a lightning bolt argent; over the per pale line of division, a sword throughout argent garnished proper, the guard has argent blobs at the tips, and is charged with a lozenge argent charged with a Maltese cross; and the pommel is charged with a torteau [gules]; the entire shield fimbriated Or.

Population

Historical population of Val-de-la-Haye

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	729	754	669	715	805	789	764
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 St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twentieth century.
• Vestiges of the thirteenth-century Templars’ Sainte-Vaubourg commandery.
• A commemorative stone column topped with a bronze eagle, built in 1846.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Val-de-la-Haye on the Quid website (French)