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Rocquefort
Commune
Coat of arms of RocquefortCoat of arms
Location of Rocquefort
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Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 0°41′50″E / 49.6667°N 0.6972°E / 49.6667; 0.6972
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Yvetot Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Leborgne
Area5.36 km (2.07 sq mi)
Population322
 • Density60/km (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code76531 /76640
Elevation76–146 m (249–479 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rocquefort (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkfɔʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Le Havre, between the D29 and D131 roads, by the banks of the river Durdent.

Heraldry

Arms of Rocquefort
Arms of Rocquefort
The arms of Rocquefort are blazoned :
Or, 2 hammers and a lion gules, and on a chief indented azure, a comet argent.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968240—    
1975209−1.96%
1982227+1.19%
1990250+1.21%
1999270+0.86%
2007316+1.99%
2012320+0.25%
2017315−0.31%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century chapel.
  • An eighteenth-century chateau.
  • A feudal motte.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


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