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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
CREA

Area
  
11.23 km²

Population
  
1,120 (1999)

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Grand-Couronne

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:59 AM

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Sahurs

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 86% Humidity

Sahurs is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Contents

Map of 76113 Sahurs, France

Geography

A village of forestry and farming situated inside a meander of the river Seine, some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Rouen at the junction of the D5 and the D351 roads. A car ferry connects the commune with the south bank.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Sauveur, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The sixteenth century Château de Soquence.
  • The manorhouse and chapel de Marbeuf, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The Château de Trémauville.

    • People

  • Louis de Brézé, who built the Manoir de Marbeuf.
  • Pierre de Marbeuf, 17th-century French poet, lived in the manor.
  • Anne of Austria was a benefactor of the chapel de Marbeuf.

    • References

    Sahurs Wikipedia
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