Rocquefort

Rocquefort is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

For other uses, see Rocquefort (disambiguation).
Rocquefort
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rocquefort
Rocquefort
Rocquefort
Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 0°41′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCœur de Caux
Area
1
5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
315
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76531 /76640
Elevation76–146 m (249–479 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 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 in the Pays de Caux, situated some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Le Havre, between the D29 and D131 roads, by the banks of the river Durdent.

Heraldry
Arms of Rocquefort
 The arms of Rocquefort are blazoned :
Or, 2 hammers and a lion gules, and on a chief indented azure, a comet argent.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968240—    
1975209−1.96%
1982227+1.19%
1990250+1.21%
1999270+0.86%
2007316+1.99%
2012320+0.25%
2017315−0.31%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century chapel.
  • An eighteenth-century chateau.
  • A feudal motte.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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