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Rocquefort

Rocquefort
Coat of arms of Rocquefort
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Location of Rocquefort
Rocquefort is located in France
Rocquefort
Rocquefort
Rocquefort is located in Normandy
Rocquefort
Rocquefort
Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 0°41′50″E / 49.6667°N 0.6972°E / 49.6667; 0.6972
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Yvetot Normandie
Government
  Mayor (202632) Pascal Leborgne[1]
Area
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5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
318
  Density59.3/km2 (154/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76531 /76640
Elevation76–146 m (249–479 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rocquefort (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkfɔʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

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A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Le Havre, between the D29 and D131 roads, by the banks of the river Durdent.

Heraldry

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Arms of Rocquefort
Arms of Rocquefort
The arms of Rocquefort are blazoned :
Or, 2 hammers and a lion gules, and on a chief indented azure, a comet argent.



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968240    
1975209−1.96%
1982227+1.19%
1990250+1.21%
1999270+0.86%
2007316+1.99%
2012320+0.25%
2017315−0.31%
2023 318+0.16%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

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  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century chapel.
  • An eighteenth-century chateau.
  • A feudal motte.

See also

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References

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  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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