Rieux, Seine-Maritime

Rieux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Rieux
Commune
The manor in Rieux
Coat of arms
Location of Rieux
Rieux Rieux
Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Eu
Intercommunality	CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Roussel[1]
Area ^1	7.09 km^2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	632
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76528 /76340
Elevation	61–209 m (200–686 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

St Martin and Bartholomeus church in Rieux

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D149 with the D407 road, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe.

Heraldry

Arms of Rieux

The arms of Rieux are blazoned : Or, on a fess wavy azure between a demi-lion issuant from the fess and, in fess a rose between 2 mallets gules, a sword [fesswise] argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	407	—
1975	415	+0.28%
1982	417	+0.07%
1990	475	+1.64%
1999	576	+2.17%
2007	618	+0.88%
2012	639	+0.67%
2017	632	−0.22%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin & St. Barthélemy, dating from the sixteenth century.
• A fifteenth century brick-built manorhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE