Gueures

Gueures
Gueures
Location within Normandy region Gueures
Coordinates: 49°50′40″N 0°57′47″E / 49.8444°N 0.9631°E / 49.8444; 0.9631Coordinates: 49°50′40″N 0°57′47″E / 49.8444°N 0.9631°E / 49.8444; 0.9631
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bacqueville-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Paul Maret
Area¹	6.07 km² (2.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	516
• Density	85/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76334 / 76730
Elevation	15–84 m (49–276 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Gueures is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated at the confluence of the Saâne and the Vienne rivers, in the Pays de Caux, some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D123 and the D152 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gueures
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	534	552	533	484	462	530	516
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. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
The eighteenth-century château.
Some interesting houses dating from the seventeenth century.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gueures.

Gueures on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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