Hénouville
Hénouville is a common French, located in the department of the Seine-Maritime and the area High-Normandy.
Its inhabitants is called Hénouvillais.
Geography
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Hénouville is a village located on Right Bank of the the Seine, between Rouen and Le Havre, in edge of the Forêt of Roumare. The common one belongs to the Regional natural park of the Loops of the Seine Norman.
- With the hamlet of the Fountain, the brook éponyme takes its source and is thrown in the the Seine.
- Marsh of Hénouville, Wetland.
Localities and variations
Ouraille, Brêche of Bosc, Caboterie, the Fountain, Bellay, the Large Field, Hamel, the Marsh, Mesnil, Fine sands and the Elm.
Communes bordering
The communes bordering are:- Saint-Martin-with-Boscherville
- Montigny
- Vaupalière
- Roumare
- Saint-Pierre-with-Varengeville
- Anneville-Ambourville
History
Administration
Demography
Monuments
- Church dedicated to holy Michel with Baptismal font of the 14th century
- Houses of the 16th century with twinned doors
Personalities related to the commune
- Antoine Legendre: Born about 1590 with the Vaudreuil, chaplain of the king Louis XIII, controller of the orchards of his Majesty, and cleaned of Hénouville of 1622 to 1659. Author of Manner of cultivating the fruit trees (1652).
- Antoine Corneille, brother of Pierre Corneille, and friend of Antoine Legendre, would be the author of a poem entitled the Presbytery of Hénouville (1642).
- Jean-François of Bellay of Resnel (1692-1761), member of the French Academy (1742), had grounds there.
Events
- Festival of the Saint Michel at the end of September
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