Val-de-la-Haye

Summary

Val-de-la-Haye (French pronunciation: [val la ɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

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Coat of arms of Val-de-la-Haye
Location of Val-de-la-Haye
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Val-de-la-Haye
Val-de-la-Haye
Val-de-la-Haye is located in Normandy
Val-de-la-Haye
Val-de-la-Haye
Coordinates: 49°22′41″N 1°00′07″E / 49.378°N 1.002°E / 49.378; 1.002
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonCanteleu
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Delaporte[1]
Area
1
10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
708
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76717 /76380
Elevation2–119 m (6.6–390.4 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography edit

A forestry and light industrial village situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Rouen on the D 51 road. A car ferry connects with the commune of Petit-Couronne on the opposite bank.

Heraldry edit

 
Arms of Val-de-la-Haye
The arms of the commune of Val-de-la-Haye are blazoned :
Per pale 1: gules, 2 demi-leopards issuant from the line of division and 2: azure, a boat proper issuant from sinister sailing on a base barry wavy azure and argent, and in chief an imperial French eagle Or grasping a lightning bolt argent; over the per pale line of division, a sword throughout argent garnished proper, the guard has argent blobs at the tips, and is charged with a lozenge argent charged with a Maltese cross; and the pommel is charged with a torteau [gules]; the entire shield fimbriated Or.



Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 775—    
1800 700−1.44%
1806 707+0.17%
1821 595−1.14%
1831 602+0.12%
1836 601−0.03%
1841 552−1.69%
1846 519−1.23%
1851 519+0.00%
1856 497−0.86%
1861 478−0.78%
1866 468−0.42%
1872 385−3.20%
1876 384−0.06%
1881 393+0.46%
1886 417+1.19%
1891 382−1.74%
1896 367−0.80%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 359−0.44%
1906 331−1.61%
1911 372+2.36%
1921 397+0.65%
1926 370−1.40%
1931 437+3.38%
1936 434−0.14%
1946 582+2.98%
1954 765+3.48%
1962 729−0.60%
1968 754+0.56%
1975 669−1.69%
1982 715+0.95%
1990 805+1.49%
1999 789−0.22%
2007 746−0.70%
2012 716−0.82%
2017 710−0.17%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest edit

  • The church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twentieth century.
  • Vestiges of the thirteenth-century Templars' Sainte-Vaubourg commandery.
  • A commemorative stone column topped with a bronze eagle, built in 1846.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Val-de-la-Haye, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links edit

  • Official town website (in French)