Heurteauville
commune in Seine-Maritime, France
Heurteauville (French pronunciation: [œʁtovil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. The commune was created in 1868 from part of the commune Jumièges.
Geography
A farming village is situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 12 miles (19 km) west of Rouen, on the D65 road. Old peat bogs have been preserved as a nature reserve alongside the forest. The commune is thought to be unique in France for having two separate ferry services over the river.
Population
Places of interest
The church of Saint-Simon-and-Saint-Jude, dating from the eighteenth century.
The vestiges of the chapel of Sainte-Austreberthe at Port-Jumièges.
A twelfth century barn dimière.
A lime kiln.
“Heurteauville” enters the record as commune in Seine-Maritime, France. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Heurteauville, commune and Seine-Maritime can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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