Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot
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Coordinates: 49°33′33″N 0°38′43″E / 49.5592°N 0.6453°E / 49.5592; 0.6453
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Caux Seine Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Hauchard[1]
Area 1	6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	392
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76585 /76490
Elevation	32–141 m (105–463 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil də kʁeto]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D40 with the D440 road.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot are blazoned : Azure, an armed senestrochere argent holding a lance palewise Or, from which a banner argent a bend wavy gules.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Two châteaux, de La Viézaire and de La Picottière.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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