Guilmécourt
Part of Petit-Caux in Normandy, France
Location of Guilmécourt
49°58′02″N 1°18′11″E / 49.9672°N 1.3031°E / 49.9672; 1.3031
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(2019)[1]
76630
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
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.[2]
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
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)
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Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 166 | 185 | 185 | 245 | 240 | 241 | 261 |
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 under snow
- A field of flax
- Harvest time
- Oil-seed rape fields
- Wheatfields
- The countryside
- Sheep
- The countryside
- Guilmécourt at night
- Flower of the flax
- A field of cut flax
See also
References
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