Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime

Le Tilleul
Le Tilleul
Location within Upper Normandy region Le Tilleul
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Criquetot-l'Esneval
Intercommunality	Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval
Area1	6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	680
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76693 / 76790
Elevation	0–114 m (0–374 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.

Le Tilleul 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) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D940.

Heraldry

The arms of Le Tilleul are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules a linden flower slipped and leaved between 2 seagulls respectant Or. 25px Canting arms ('Linden' is tilleul in French).

Population

Historical population of Le Tilleul, Seine-Maritime

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	439	518	453	525	564	582	680
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. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Fréfossé.
• The cliffs and beach, which in 2007, provided the backdrop for some scenes in the film La Disparue de Deauville, starring Sophie Marceau.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Tilleul on the Quid website (French)