La Cerlangue | |
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 The church in La Cerlangue | |
 Location of La Cerlangue | |
  La Cerlangue  La Cerlangue | |
| Coordinates:49°30′27″N0°24′53″E / 49.5075°N 0.4147°E /49.5075; 0.4147 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc |
| Intercommunality | Le Havre Seine Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Lionel Dehon[1] |
Area 1 | 27.93 km2 (10.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,297 |
| • Density | 46.44/km2 (120.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76169 /76430 |
| Elevation | 0–127 m (0–417 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Cerlangue (French pronunciation:[lasɛʁlɑ̃ɡ]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in northernFrance.
Afarming village in thePays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) east ofLe Havre, at the junction of the D112 and D910 roads. The canal de Tancarville and theA131 autoroute cut through the middle of the commune. The riverSeine forms the commune's southern border.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 754 | — |
| 1975 | 890 | +2.40% |
| 1982 | 895 | +0.08% |
| 1990 | 983 | +1.18% |
| 1999 | 1,106 | +1.32% |
| 2007 | 1,206 | +1.09% |
| 2012 | 1,308 | +1.64% |
| 2017 | 1,289 | −0.29% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The name of the locality appears asCellengue around 1240, Latinized asCervi lingua ("deer tongue") in 1248 and in the Norman dialectal formsCherlengue orChellengue (with assimilation of /r/) from the 13th century to the 15th century.[4] The name may be related to the presence, in the nearby wood, of the hart's-tongue fern (asplenium scolopendrium) called in Modern Frenchlangue-de-cerf, but Old North French*cer(f)langue "deer's tongue", comparedent-de-lion "dandelion", calledliondent as well.
The parish of Saint-Jean-d'Abbetot was annexed to La Cerlangue in 1824. Abbetot was written asAbetot around 1060. It is a medieval toponymic formation using the-tot suffix (old Scandinaviantopt, toft "rural establishment, farm"), preceded by a man's name,[4] eitherAbbo fromWestern Germanic (withAbon, Abbon used in old texts),[4] orAbbi fromnorthern Germanic, old Norse or old Danish, a nickname ofÁbiǫrn, whose second element-biǫrn is from old Norsebiǫrn "bear" (Swedishbjörn, Danish / Norwegianbjørn). The Norman BaronUrse d'Abetot (Latin:Ursus de Abbetot orUrso de Abbetot, French:Ours d'Abbetot), was probably from this hamlet. Latinursus means "bear" in English.
The village of Saint-Jean-d'Abbetot was merged into La Cerlangue in 1824, which is why there are two ancient churches in La Cerlangue.
