Mont-Cauvaire

Mont-Cauvaire (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ kovɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Mont-Cauvaire
Commune
The dovecote of the Domaine du Fossé
Coat of arms
Location of Mont-Cauvaire
Mont-Cauvaire Mont-Cauvaire
Coordinates: 49°34′18″N 1°06′38″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Lambard
Area 1	9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	862
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76443 /76690
Elevation	65–176 m (213–577 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 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, situated along the banks of the river Cailly in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen on the D3 road.

Heraldry

Arms of Mont-Cauvaire

The arms of Mont-Cauvaire are blazoned : Gules, 2 fesses wavy abased, with a triple-peaked mount argent over them, in chief a leopard Or armed sable, langued gules, holding a latin cross bendwise sable.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	451	—
1975	471	+0.62%
1982	557	+2.42%
1990	603	+1.00%
1999	566	−0.70%
2007	611	+0.96%
2012	627	+0.52%
2017	741	+3.40%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth century sandstone cross.
• The seventeenth century Château du Rombosc, with its chapel, and parkland.
• The Château du Fossé, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth century Pavillon de La Tourelle and its parkland.
• Two dovecotes and a communal oven.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department