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Clères

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Clères

|commune status = Commune

|image = Clères 079.JPG

|caption = The covered marketplace in Clères

|image coat of arms = Blason Clères.svg

|arrondissement = Rouen

|canton = Bois-Guillaume

|INSEE = 76179

|postal code = 76690

|mayor = Nathalie Thierry{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Inter-Caux-Vexin

|coordinates = {{coord|49.6003|1.1111|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 113

|elevation min m = 63

|elevation max m = 181

|area km2 = 11.36

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Clères ({{IPA|fr|klɛʁ}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming and forestry market town situated by the banks of the Clérette river, in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|17|mi|km}} northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 2, D 6, D 53 and the D 100 roads. SNCF has a TER railway station in the town.

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason Clères.svg

|legend1=Arms of Clères

|text=The arms of Clères are blazoned :
Argent, a bend azure diapered Or, charged with a flamingo Or.

}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76179#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1055

|1975 |1091

|1982 |1302

|1990 |1254

|1999 |1266

|2007 |1308

|2012 |1374

|2017 |1369

}}

Places of interest

  • The church of Sts. Waast-&-Nicolas, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of St. Sauveur at Cordelleville, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of Notre-Dame at Le Tôt, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A château and its park, home of the zoo.
  • A seventeenth century sandstone cross.
  • Ruins of a medieval castle.
  • Several ancient wood-framed houses.
  • The eighteenth century market hall ‘Les Halles’.

People with links to the commune

Twin towns

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

  • Hippolyte Lemarchand, Histoire du canton de Clères, 1891; Le Pucheux, Fontaine-le-Bourg, 2002 {{ISBN|2-9517552-2-8}}

External links

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  • [http://keithbriggs.info/clare.html Clare, Clere, and Clères] A paper on the origin of the town's name.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20010219140430/http://www.ot-cleres.fr/ Tourist Office website] {{in lang|fr}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720222319/http://cleres.free.fr/ Site perso sur CLERES] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Seine-Maritime communes}}

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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime

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