Le Tilleul
Commune
The beach near Etretat
Coat of arms
Location of Le Tilleul
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Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 0°12′23″E / 49.6831°N 0.2064°E / 49.6831; 0.2064
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raphaël Lesueur [1]
Area 1	6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	676
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76693 /76790
Elevation	0–114 m (0–374 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Tilleul (French pronunciation: [lə tijœl]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D940.

Heraldry

The arms of Le Tilleul are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules a linden flower slipped and leaved between 2 seagulls respectant Or. Canting arms ('Linden' is tilleul in French).

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Fréfossé.
• The cliffs and beach, which in 2007, provided the backdrop for some scenes in the film La Disparue de Deauville, starring Sophie Marceau.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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