Villers-Écalles

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

Villers-Écalles
Commune
Location of Villers-Écalles
Villers-Écalles
Villers-Écalles
Coordinates: 49°32′22″N 0°55′13″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonBarentin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Christophe Emo[1]
Area
1
7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
1,768
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76743 /76360
Elevation21–119 m (69–390 ft)
(avg. 92 m or 302 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 village of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The confectionery company Ferrero has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce Nutella and Kinder Bueno.

Population
Historical population of Villers-Écalles
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population821103511641693177717811847
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. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

References
  1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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