Le Héron Explained
| Le Héron |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Dieppe |
| Canton: | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Insee: | 76358 |
| Postal Code: | 76780 |
| Mayor: | Sylviane Carpentier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC 4 rivières |
| Coordinates: | 49.4975°N 1.3942°W |
| Elevation M: | 80 |
| Elevation Min M: | 62 |
| Elevation Max M: | 183 |
| Area Km2: | 10.72 |
Le Héron (pronounced as /fr/, before 1962: Héron)[2] 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 16miles east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000017711 Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes
