Ourville-en-Caux

Ourville-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Ourville-en-Caux
The church in Ourville-en-Caux
Coat of arms
Location of Ourville-en-Caux
Ourville-en-Caux
Ourville-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°43′47″N 0°36′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jerôme Douillet
Area
1
9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,146
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76490 /76450
Elevation55–135 m (180–443 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village with a little light industry, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D5, D50, D28 and D75.

Heraldry

Arms of Ourville-en-Caux
The arms of Ourville-en-Caux are blazoned :
Quarterly: 1st, Vert a cow's head caboshed Argent; 2nd, Argent a dexter forearm in pale bearing a torch all Azure, 3rd, Argent a flax flower Azure; 4th Vert a sheep's head caboshed Argent.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968693    
1975756+1.25%
1982896+2.46%
1990933+0.51%
19991,041+1.22%
20071,104+0.74%
20121,084−0.36%
20171,146+1.12%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

  • The church, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

References


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