Rocquefort

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Pascal Leborgne^[1]Area5.36 km² (2.07 sq mi)Population326 • Density61/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation76–146 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.

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

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

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

References

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