Heugleville-sur-Scie (, literally ''Heugleville on
Scie'') is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime department
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Government and military
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in the
Normandy region in northern France. The poet and fabulist
Désiré-François Le Filleul Des Guerrots (1778–1857) was born in the village.
Geography
A
forestry and
farming village situated by the banks of the river
Scie in the
Pays de Caux, some south of
Dieppe at the junction of the D3, the D96 and the D296 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The two chateau of Guerrots and Montpinçon, both dating from the nineteenth century.
* The church of St. Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century.
* A seventeenth century
manorhouse
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.
* The ruins of a
feudal
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castle.
See also
*
Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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