Guilmécourt

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Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt is located in France
Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Guilmécourt is located in Upper Normandy
Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Envermeu
Intercommunality Petit Caux
Government
 • Mayor Pierre Batte
Area1 7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 261
 • Density 33/km2 (85/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76337 / 76630
Elevation 44–147 m (144–482 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 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.

Guilmécourt 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 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Guilmécourt
The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here)



Population

Historical population of Guilmécourt
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 166 185 185 245 240 241 261
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.Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • A feudal motte.

Photos from around Guilmécourt

See also

References

External links

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