Écrainville

Écrainville
Écrainville
Location within Upper Normandy region Écrainville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Goderville
Intercommunality	Campagne de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claire Gueroult
Area1	12.82 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,020
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76224 / 76110
Elevation	58–137 m (190–449 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Écrainville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming commune made up of 11 villages and hamlets in the Pays de Caux, situated some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D68 and D139 roads.

History

The origin of the name is uncertain, but Escrainvilla is first mentioned at the end of the 12th century. Many documents trace the occupation of the territory at the time of the Franks and even earlier. Abbé Dicquemare described, in 1778, the 150 human skeletons found in the crypt at the former quarry at Maucomble at Val-Miellé, and suggests that the crypt was prior to the 11th century, as the church of Saint-Denis dates from that period.
The first written mention of Écrainville or one of its hamlets dates back in the late 11th century. In 1180, the lord of Tennemare or Tannemare appeared in the records of the Exchequer of Normandy. Until the 17th century, the seigneurie passed from father to son of the Folville family.

A decree of 25 October 1826 joined Tennemare and Écrainville as one commune. In the 19th century the textile industry was still flourishing but declined from the 1920s onward.

Population

Historical population of Écrainville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	618	657	683	866	919	928	1020
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.Denis, dating from the eleventh century.
• A seventeenth century inn.
• The medieval manorhouse at Groseillers.
• The château d'Ecrainville.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Écrainville on the Quid website (French)