Tancarville

Tancarville (French pronunciation: ​[tɑ̃kaʁvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.

Tancarville
Commune
Tancarville Bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Tancarville
Tancarville
Tancarville
Coordinates: 49°29′16″N 0°27′16″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonBolbec
IntercommunalityCaux Seine Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Rabby-Demaison[1]
Area
1
7.42 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,250
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76684 /76430
Elevation0–117 m (0–384 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Tancarville is a farming village surrounded by woodland, by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 14 miles (23 km) east of Le Havre and near the junction of the D39, D982 and D910 roads at the eastern end of the A131 autoroute. The canal de Tancarville to le Havre starts here and it is also the site of the 125 m high Tancarville Bridge.

History

Tancarvilla 1103; Tancardi villae 1114; Tankrad's farm. Germanic male given name Tankrad > Tancred, common in the duchy of Normandy. The first lords of Tancarville were the chamberlains of the Norman dukes, and then of the King of England too. William de Tancarville, a grandson of Stephen, Count of Tréguier, trained William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, whom he knighted in 1166. The title Earl of Tankerville was created in the Peerage of England for John Grey by King Henry V, during the Hundred Years' War and still exists, albeit in a later creation.

Heraldry
Arms of Tancarville
 The arms of Tancarville are blazoned :
Gules, an escutcheon argent between 8 angennes (roses) in orle. (Note: this angenne is very rose-like, not the highly stylized cinqfoil.)



Population
Historical population of Tancarville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population93892110261139132612361246
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest
The 12th-century Château de Tancarville
The vivier (park) of Tancarville
  • The 19th-century church of St. Michel
  • The 12th-century Château de Tancarville and chapel
  • An 18th-century château
  • The château of Drumare
  • The Tancarville Bridge
  • Vivier de Tancarville, a large natural reserve

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.


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