Le Héron

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Sylviane Carpentier^[1]Area10.72 km² (4.14 sq mi)Population249 • Density23/km² (60/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation62–183 m (203–600 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	233	—
1975	239	+0.36%
1982	242	+0.18%
1990	236	−0.31%
1999	231	−0.24%
2007	243	+0.64%
2012	246	+0.25%
2017	252	+0.48%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• An eighteenth-century château and its park.
• The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
• A nineteenth-century chapel.
• The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References