Criquetot-sur-Ouville

Criquetot-sur-Ouville
Criquetot-sur-Ouville
Location within Upper Normandy region Criquetot-sur-Ouville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yerville
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Etancelin
Area1	5.83 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	695
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76198 / 76760
Elevation	144–172 m (472–564 ft) (avg. 1,601 m or 5,253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Criquetot-sur-Ouville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D55, D88 and the D253 roads.

Population

Historical population of Criquetot-sur-Ouville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	359	375	390	494	510	610	695
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.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• Ruins of a feudal castle.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.

Notable people

• The painter Charles Angrand was born here in 1854.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Criquetot-sur-Ouville on the Quid website (French)