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Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit

Coordinates: 49°30′32″N 0°43′48″E / 49.5089°N 0.73°E / 49.5089; 0.73
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Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
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Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit is located in France
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit is located in Normandy
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Coordinates: 49°30′32″N 0°43′48″E / 49.5089°N 0.73°E / 49.5089; 0.73
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonNotre-Dame-de-Gravenchon
CommuneArelaune-en-Seine
Area
1
9.23 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
603
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76940
Elevation1–54 m (3.3–177.2 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla bliktɥi]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Arelaune-en-Seine.[2]

Geography

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A farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D40, D65 and the D490 roads. The 60m high Pont de Brotonne bridge was, until the middle of the last century, the first crossing point of the Seine.

Population

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Historical population of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population271276371476533492534
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

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  • The church of St. Nicholas, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

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