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

Rieux
Commune
The manor in Rieux
Coat of arms
Location of Rieux
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Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Eu
Intercommunality	CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Roussel[1]
Area 1	7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	609
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76528 /76340
Elevation	61–209 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.

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

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

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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