Valliquerville
Valliquerville | |
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 The church in Valliquerville | |
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Location of Valliquerville  | |
  Valliquerville  Valliquerville | |
| Coordinates: 49°36′52″N 0°41′25″E / 49.6144°N 0.6903°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Yvetot |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Cahard[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.39 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,423 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76718 /76190 |
| Elevation | 117–151 m (384–495 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Valliquerville (French pronunciation: [valikɛʁvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
[edit]A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 with the D131e and the D110 roads.
History
[edit]In the late eleventh century the village was in the possession of Bec Abbey.[3]
In May 1592, Henry IV and his forces were encamped in the village during the French Wars of Religion.[4][5]
In April 1940, during World War II Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment was billeted in the village as part of the British Expeditionary Force.[6][7]
Heraldry
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The arms of the commune of Valliquerville are blazoned : Per pale highly indented argent and gules impaled with Vert, the local bell-tower argent issuant from base.
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Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 769 | — |
| 1975 | 870 | +1.78% |
| 1982 | 980 | +1.72% |
| 1990 | 1,125 | +1.74% |
| 1999 | 1,164 | +0.38% |
| 2007 | 1,267 | +1.07% |
| 2012 | 1,294 | +0.42% |
| 2017 | 1,418 | +1.85% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century. Its Gothic tower dates from the sixteenth century.[9][10][11] It has been restored after being in a state of disrepair in the mid nineteenth century.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Christopher Harper-Bill (1999). Anglo-Norman Studies XXI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998. Boydell & Brewer. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-85115-745-0.
- ^ Terrier-Santans, Capitaine de (2016-11-17). Campagnes de Alexandre Farnèse, duc de Parme et de Plaisance - Aumale, Cailly, Caudebec (1591-1592) (in French). Collection XIX. ISBN 978-2-346-12483-1.
- ^ Somménil, F. (1863). Campagne de Henri iv au pays de Caux, 25 avril-15 mai 1592 (in French). p. 51.
- ^ Gardner, Robert (2012-02-29). Kensington to St Valery en Caux: Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, France and England, Summer 1940. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-8361-0.
- ^ Harpur, B. V. C. (1952). "The Kensingtons": Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, Second World War. Regimental Old Comrades' Association. p. 18.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert (1895). North-western France (Normandy and Brittany). G. Allen. p. 69.
- ^ Nagel Travel Guide Series: Europe. McGraw-Hill. 1964. p. 450.
- ^ France. Ernest Benn Limited. 1997. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-393-31640-7.
- ^ Greenhalgh, Michael (2015-08-24). Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-century France: Old Stones versus Modern Identities. BRILL. p. 144. ISBN 978-90-04-29371-7.
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