Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil də kʁeto]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
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Coordinates: 49°33′33″N 0°38′43″E / 49.5592°N 0.6453°E / 49.5592; 0.6453
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Caux Seine Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Hauchard^[1]
Area ^1	6.02 km^2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	392
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76585 /76490
Elevation	32–141 m (105–463 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D40 with the D440 road.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot

The arms of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot are blazoned : Azure, an armed senestrochere argent holding a lance palewise Or, from which a banner argent a bend wavy gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	188	—
1975	182	−0.46%
1982	194	+0.92%
1990	253	+3.37%
1999	268	+0.64%
2007	336	+2.87%
2012	437	+5.40%
2017	434	−0.14%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Two châteaux, de La Viézaire and de La Picottière.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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