Grémonville

Grémonville
Grémonville
Location within Upper Normandy region Grémonville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yerville
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Louis Denouette
Area1	8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	404
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76325 / 76970
Elevation	133–167 m (436–548 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated some 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D20, D55 and the D253 roads. The A29 autoroute passes through the southern section of the commune’s territory.

Heraldry

The arms of Grémonville are blazoned : Azure, on a chevron argent between 2 leopard heads affronty and a cock, a fleur-de-lys between 2 spur rowels gules.

Population

Historical population of Grémonville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	303	333	346	401	452	393	404
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 Sts.Pierre and Paul, dating from the eighteenth century.
• A seventeenth-century château in Louis XIII style.
• A chapel, built on the site of the old priory.

Notable people

• Micheline Ostermeyer, (1922–2001), an track and field athlete and pianist, spent her last years here.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Grémonville on the Quid website (French)