Gruchet-le-Valasse

Gruchet-le-Valasse
Gruchet-le-Valasse
Location within Upper Normandy region  Gruchet-le-Valasse
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Bolbec
Intercommunality	Caux-Vallée de Seine
Mayor	Didier Peralta (PR) (2008 - 2014)
Statistics
Elevation	12–141 m (39–463 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
Land area1	14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population2	2,623  (2006)
- Density	185 /km2 (480 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76329/ 76210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gruchet-le-Valasse is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of forestry, farming and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) east of Le Havre, at the junction of the D173 and D9015 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Gruchet-le-Valasse are blazoned : Gules, 3 leopards Or dimidiated with Or, a double-headed eagle crowned azure.

Population

Historical population of Gruchet-le-Valasse

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1807	1855	1819	2317	2787	2682	2623
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• Several sixteenth century houses.
• The church of St-Thomas, dating from the fourteenth century.
• The twelfth century abbey de Gruchet-le-Valasse.
• The nineteenth century Hôtel de Ville (town hall).

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of Gruchet-le-Valasse (French)
• Gruchet-le-Valasse on the Quid website (French)