Rocquefort

For other uses, see Rocquefort (disambiguation).

Rocquefort (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkfɔʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Rocquefort
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rocquefort
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Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 0°41′50″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Yvetot Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Leborgne[1]
Area 1	5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	322
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76531 /76640
Elevation	76–146 m (249–479 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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 farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Le Havre, between the D29 and D131 roads, by the banks of the river Durdent.

Heraldry

Arms of Rocquefort

The arms of Rocquefort are blazoned : Or, 2 hammers and a lion gules, and on a chief indented azure, a comet argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	240	—
1975	209	−1.96%
1982	227	+1.19%
1990	250	+1.21%
1999	270	+0.86%
2007	316	+1.99%
2012	320	+0.25%
2017	315	−0.31%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A nineteenth-century chapel.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.
• A feudal motte.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department