Guilmécourt

Guilmécourt
Guilmécourt
Location within Normandy region  Guilmécourt
Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E / 49.9672; 1.3031Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E / 49.9672; 1.3031
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-2
Government
• Mayor	Pierre Batte
Area1	7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	261
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76337 / 76630
Elevation	44–147 m (144–482 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 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.

Guilmécourt is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.^[1]

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned : Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here)

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• A feudal motte.

Photos from around Guilmécourt

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  Guilmécourt church
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  Guilmécourt under snow
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  A field of flax
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  Harvest time
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  Oil-seed rape fields
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  Wheatfields
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  The countryside
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  Sheep
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  The countryside
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  Guilmécourt at night
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  Flower of the flax
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  A field of cut flax

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guilmécourt.

• Guilmécourt on the Quid website (French)