Manéglise

Manéglise
Manéglise
Location within Upper Normandy region Manéglise
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Montivilliers
Intercommunality	Le Havre
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Daniel Soudant
Area1	8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,174
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76404 / 76133
Elevation	48–118 m (157–387 ft) (avg. 66 m or 217 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.

Manéglise 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 situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and D52 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Manéglise are blazoned : Azure, the local church between in base 3 buckles Or, and in chief a chapé gules, the dexter one charged with 2 stalks of wheat in saltire, the sinister one with 2 leopards Or, overall a chevronel (??) argent on the line of division.

Population

Historical population of Manéglise

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	474	513	604	912	1051	1190	1218
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.Germain, dating from the eleventh century.
• A sixteenth-century chapel.
• The château des Hellandes, built in 1904 by Monsieur Levesque on the site of a 17th-century manorhouse. It was used as a hospital during World War I.

Twinned with

• Pecq, Belgium
• Saint-Épiphane, Canada
• Swanmore, United Kingdom [1]

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Manéglise on the Quid website (French)