Gueures () is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Infà ...
department in the
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region
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in northern
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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village situated at the
confluence
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of the
Saâne
The Saâne () is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime.
Geography
The Saâne has its source in the Pays de Caux in the territory of the hamlet of Varvannes, in the commune of Val-de-Saâne. Ta ...
and the
Vienne Vienne may refer to:
Places
*Vienne (department), a department of France named after the river Vienne
*Vienne, Isère, a city in the French department of Isère
* Vienne-en-Arthies, a village in the French department of Val-d'Oise
* Vienne-en-Bessi ...
rivers, in the
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French '' département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cl ...
, some southwest of
Dieppe
Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...
at the junction of the D70, the D123 and the D152 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
* The eighteenth-century château.
* Some interesting houses dating from the seventeenth century.
See also
*
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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