Le Héron

Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃], before 1962: Héron)^[2] is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Morville-le-Héron.^[3]

Le Héron
Part of Morville-le-Héron
The town hall and school in Le Héron
Location of Le Héron
Le Héron Show map of France Le Héron Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°29′51″N 1°23′39″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Commune	Morville-le-Héron
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	250
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76780
Elevation	62–183 m (203–600 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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 small forestry and farming village situated at the confluence of the small Héron river with the Andelle, some 16 miles (26 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 13, D 46 and the D 62 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	233	—
1975	239	+0.36%
1982	242	+0.18%
1990	236	−0.31%
1999	231	−0.24%
2007	243	+0.64%
2012	246	+0.25%
2017	252	+0.48%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• An eighteenth-century château and its park.
• The seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse at Malvoisine. Manoir de Malvoisine also appeared in the movie Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!).
• A nineteenth-century chapel.
• The remains of the church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Gilles, dating from the twelfth century, burnt down in 1879.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department