Sahurs

Sahurs
Sahurs
Location within Upper Normandy region Sahurs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Grand-Couronne
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor	Guy Da Lage
Area1	11.23 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,334
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76550 / 76113
Elevation	2–101 m (6.6–331.4 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

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

Geography

A village of forestry and farming situated inside a meander of the river Seine, some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Rouen at the junction of the D5 and the D351 roads. A car ferry connects the commune with the south bank.

Population

Historical population of Sahurs

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	631	755	788	870	1008	1120	1334
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. Sauveur, dating from the eleventh century.
• The sixteenth century Château de Soquence.
• The manorhouse and chapel de Marbeuf, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Château de Trémauville.

People

• Louis de Brézé, who built the Manoir de Marbeuf.
• Pierre de Marbeuf, 17th-century French poet, lived in the manor.
• Anne of Austria was a benefactor of the chapel de Marbeuf.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Sahurs on the Quid website (French)