Alvimare
Encyclopedia
Alvimare is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region
in northern France
.
, at the junction of the N15
and the D104.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in 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...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
A farming village situated some 23 miles (37 km) east of Le HavreLe Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
, at the junction of the N15
Route nationale 15
The N 15 was a trunk road in France.-Route:The RN 15 links the A13 to Le Havre via Rouen and Yvetot.The RN 15 originates at junction 14 on the A13 autoroute in the Yvelines département near Bonnières-sur-Seine...
and the D104.
Population
Places of interest
- The wooden chapel dating from the sixteenth century.
- A sixteenth century manorhouse
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century
- A fifteenth century stone cross.