Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt

Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
The town hall in Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
Coordinates: 49°32′17″N 0°28′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonBolbec
IntercommunalityCA Caux vallée de Seine
Area
1
6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,079
  Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76556 /76170
Elevation10–137 m (33–449 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 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 farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 18 miles (29 km) east of Le Havre, at the junction of the D34 and D17 roads, in the valley of the Bolbec river.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt
The arms of Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt are blazoned :
Or, on a fess indented azure between 2 angennes and a cross moline gules, a demi-lion issuant from the base of the fess argent.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968515    
1975530+0.41%
1982749+5.06%
1990902+2.35%
1999935+0.40%
2007992+0.74%
20121,032+0.79%
20171,079+0.89%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Antoine, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The manorhouse at Les Côtières.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (Note: this angenne is very rose-like, not the highly stylized cinqfoil.)
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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