Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit explained

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Arrondissement:Rouen
Canton:Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon
Insee:76625
Postal Code:76940
Commune:Arelaune-en-Seine
Coordinates:49.5089°N 0.73°W
Elevation M:10
Elevation Min M:1
Elevation Max M:54
Area Km2:9.23
Population:603
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ nikɔla də bliktɥi/) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Arelaune-en-Seine.[2]

Geography

A farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 20miles northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D40, D65 and the D490 roads. The 60m high Pont de Brotonne bridge was, until the middle of the last century, the first crossing point of the Seine.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/16/INTB1601349A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral