Gerville

Gerville
Gerville
Location within Upper Normandy region Gerville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Fécamp
Area1	3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	417
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76300 / 76790
Elevation	90–125 m (295–410 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

Gerville 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 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79 and D11 roads.
The commune comprises 6 hamlets or place-names: La Mare Chanseuse, Le Bihorel, La Hêtrée, Le Parlement, Le Beau Soleil and Vue-du-Coquet

Heraldry

The arms of Gerville are blazoned : Argent, on a bend azure between 2 phrygian caps gules, 3 mullets (of 6) voided Or.

Population

Historical population of Gerville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	235	272	235	250	351	381	417
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

Gerville church

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The remains of a 19th-century chateau, destroyed by fire in 1944.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Gerville on the Quid website (French)