department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
region in northern
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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commune made up of the main village and several hamlets, situated in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
at the junction of the D63, D263 and the D6015 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
* The chapel of St. Antoine, dating from the twelfth century.
* The sixteenth century chateau de Panneville.
* The Château d'Hardouville, with parts dating from
feudal
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times.
* A sixteenth-century house with a sculpted chimney.
* The church of Notre-Dame at Durecy, dating from the nineteenth century.
* The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the thirteenth century.