Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière

Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière
Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Monique Rouland
Area1	9.99 km2 (3.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	156
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76645 / 76340
Elevation	87–216 m (285–709 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 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.

Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Yères river in the Pays de Bray, some 19 miles (31 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D16 and the D127 roads. The A28 autoroute passes through the southern part of the commune.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière are blazoned : Or, a bend azure between a tree eradicated vert and a mallet gules, a rose between 2 escallops all palewise argent.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
189	189	179	168	140	135	156
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Riquier, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière on the Quid website (French)