Rocquefort
Rocquefort | |
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Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 0°41′50″E / 49.6667°N 0.6972°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
Intercommunality | CC Yvetot Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Leborgne[1] |
Area 1 | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 326 |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76531 /76640 |
Elevation | 76–146 m (249–479 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Rocquefort (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkfɔʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A
farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Le Havre, between the D29 and D131 roads, by the banks of the river Durdent
.
Heraldry
The arms of Rocquefort are blazoned : Or, 2 hammers and a lion gules, and on a chief indented azure, a comet argent.
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Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 240 | — |
1975 | 209 | −1.96% |
1982 | 227 | +1.19% |
1990 | 250 | +1.21% |
1999 | 270 | +0.86% |
2007 | 316 | +1.99% |
2012 | 320 | +0.25% |
2017 | 315 | −0.31% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
- A nineteenth-century chapel.
- An eighteenth-century chateau.
- A motte.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rocquefort.
- Official website (in French)