Yerville

Yerville

Coat of arms
Yerville

Coordinates: 49°40′08″N 0°53′49″E / 49.6689°N 0.8969°E / 49.6689; 0.8969Coordinates: 49°40′08″N 0°53′49″E / 49.6689°N 0.8969°E / 49.6689; 0.8969
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yerville
Government
 • Mayor (1995–2014) Alfred Trassy-Paillogues
Area1 10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,290
 • Density 220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76752 / 76760
Elevation 148–174 m (486–571 ft)
(avg. 56 m or 184 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.

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

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D929 with the D142 road. The A29 autoroute forms the southern border of the commune’s territory.

Heraldry

 The arms of Yerville are blazoned :
Azure, a pall Or, on a chief gules a leopard Or.

Population

Historical population of Yerville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1221138114921847194821702290
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

See also

References

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