Saint-Germain-des-Essourts
Encyclopedia
Saint-Germain-des-Essourts is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region in northern France
.
, some 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of Rouen
at the junction of the D98 with the D87 and the D7 with the D61 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of the river Crevon, a small tributary of the Andelle
river.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de BrayPays de Bray
The Pays de Bray is a small natural region of France situated to the north-east of Rouen, straddling the French départements of the Seine-Maritime and Oise...
, some 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
at the junction of the D98 with the D87 and the D7 with the D61 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of the river Crevon, a small tributary of the Andelle
Andelle
The Andelle is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure.- Geography :The Andelle has its source in the Pays de Bray in the territory of the commune of Serqueux...
river.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | 245 | 247 | 247 | 329 | 352 | 364 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St. Germain, dating from the nineteenth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
- The nineteenth-century chateau of Fontaine-Châtel.
- The chateau of Bimare.
- The chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
of St. Austreberthe.