Le Héron (French pronunciation: ​[lə eʁɔ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Le Héron
Commune
The town hall and school in Le Héron
Location of Le Héron
Le Héron Show map of France Le Héron Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC 4 rivières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylviane Carpentier[1]
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	247
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76358 /76780
Elevation	62–183 m (203–600 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• An eighteenth-century château and its park.
• The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
• A nineteenth-century chapel.
• The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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