Le Houlme

Le Houlme
Le Houlme
Location within Upper Normandy region Le Houlme
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Grenier
Area1	2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,188
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76366 / 76770
Elevation	22–128 m (72–420 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Houlme is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small light industrial and farming town situated by the banks of the Cailly River, some 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D51, D90 and the D927 roads. SNCF operates a TER service here. The town is located in a place where the Cailly River's valley is beginning to narrow. Thus, the town extends from the Cailly River's valley to the beginning of the plateau of Normandy, with some housings located on the cliffs leading to the plateau itself.

Population

Historical population of Le Houlme

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	3704	3935	4324	4351	4349	4397	4188
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century, an interesting example of neo-gothic architectural style.
• The war memorial, on the central square of the town ("Place des Canadiens", referring to the Canadian soldiers who were the first of the Allies to step in the town at the end of WWII).
• In the streets closer to the Cailly River, it is possible to see several typical factory worker houses from the 19th century, reminding the industrial past of the town and of the Cailly River's valley.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Houlme on the Quid website (French)