Limésy

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

Limésy
Commune
The tomb of Pierre Nicolas Deneuve
Location of Limésy
Limésy Limésy
Coordinates: 49°36′50″N 0°55′36″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Jean-François Chemin
Area 1	15.01 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	1,511
• Density	100.7/km2 (260.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76385 /76570
Elevation	67–173 m (220–568 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Historical significance

Limésy was the origin of one of the greatest and most powerful families in Norman Britain, the de Limesi family. In the Domesday survey of 1086 they held 40 Lordships, and Ralph de Limesy, nephew of William the Conqueror founded Hertford priory. They also held smaller manors all over the Britain such as the manor of Merryfield (Muriefeld 1233) in West Tisted and other lands in the neighboring parish of Ropley.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux some 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D142, D63 and the D67 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,043	—
1975	1,093	+0.67%
1982	1,221	+1.59%
1990	1,199	−0.23%
1999	1,306	+0.95%
2007	1,385	+0.74%
2012	1,467	+1.16%
2017	1,523	+0.75%
2023	1,511	−0.13%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The thirteenth-century château and park.
• Ruins of a château at the hamlet of Brunville.
• The seventeenth-century château of Etennemare.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department