Rieux, Seine-Maritime

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

Rieux
The manor in Rieux
The manor in Rieux
Coat of arms of Rieux
Location of Rieux
Rieux is located in France
Rieux
Rieux
Rieux is located in Normandy
Rieux
Rieux
Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonEu
IntercommunalityCC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Christian Roussel[1]
Area
1
7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
605
  Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76528 /76340
Elevation61–209 m (200–686 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
St Martin and Bartholomeus church in Rieux

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D149 with the D407 road, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe.

Heraldry

Arms of Rieux
Arms of Rieux
The arms of Rieux are blazoned :
Or, on a fess wavy azure between a demi-lion issuant from the fess and, in fess a rose between 2 mallets gules, a sword [fesswise] argent.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968407    
1975415+0.28%
1982417+0.07%
1990475+1.64%
1999576+2.17%
2007618+0.88%
2012639+0.67%
2017632−0.22%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin & St. Barthélemy, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A fifteenth century brick-built manorhouse.

See also

References


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