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Part of Petit-Caux in Normandy, France
Guilmécourt
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Guilmécourt
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Coordinates: 49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E / 49.9672; 1.3031
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area7.92 km (3.06 sq mi)
Population417
 • Density53/km (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code76630
Elevation44–147 m (144–482 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guilmécourt 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 Petit-Caux.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D222, D117 and the D454 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Guilmécourt
Arms of Guilmécourt
 The arms of Guilmécourt are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: argent, a mallet vert; 2&3 Azure étincelé, a lion argent; 4: argent, a pinecone vert. (étincelé is an obscure semy of 'sparks' often tiny 'stars' as here)



Population

Historical population of Guilmécourt
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population166185185245240241261
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 St. Waast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • A feudal motte.

Photos from around Guilmécourt

  • Guilmécourt church Guilmécourt church
  • Guilmécourt under snow Guilmécourt under snow
  • A field of flax A field of flax
  • Harvest time Harvest time
  • Oil-seed rape fields Oil-seed rape fields
  • Wheatfields Wheatfields
  • The countryside The countryside
  • Sheep Sheep
  • The countryside The countryside
  • Guilmécourt at night Guilmécourt at night
  • Flower of the flax Flower of the flax
  • A field of cut flax A field of cut flax

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)


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