Le Trait

Le Trait
Commune
The town hall in Le Trait
Coat of arms
Location of Le Trait
Le Trait Le Trait
Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°48′22″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Callais
Area 1	17.52 km2 (6.76 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	4,704
• Density	268.5/km2 (695.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76709 /76580
Elevation	1–117 m (3.3–383.9 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 Trait (French pronunciation: [lə tʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

An ex-shipbuilding town, nowadays involved in farming, forestry, light industry and port activity. Technip produces flexible pipes for the offshore oil industry in Le Trait and is the biggest employer. Le Trait is situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 15 miles (24 km) west of Rouen on the D 982 road.

Heraldry

Arms of Le Trait

The arms of the commune of Le Trait are blazoned : Per bend sinister azure and argent, a leopard counterchanged.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	476	—
1800	458	−0.55%
1806	448	−0.37%
1821	501	+0.75%
1831	464	−0.76%
1836	517	+2.19%
1841	530	+0.50%
1846	532	+0.08%
1851	570	+1.39%
1856	543	−0.97%
1861	536	−0.26%
1866	522	−0.53%
1872	465	−1.91%
1876	504	+2.03%
1881	445	−2.46%
1886	466	+0.93%
1891	498	+1.34%
1896	460	−1.57%
1901	427	−1.48%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	392	−1.70%
1911	366	−1.36%
1921	1,570	+15.68%
1926	1,767	+2.39%
1931	2,932	+10.66%
1936	3,200	+1.76%
1946	3,593	+1.17%
1954	4,569	+3.05%
1962	6,407	+4.32%
1968	6,408	+0.00%
1975	6,321	−0.20%
1982	5,917	−0.94%
1990	5,485	−0.94%
1999	5,397	−0.18%
2007	5,186	−0.50%
2012	5,239	+0.20%
2017	4,942	−1.16%
2023	4,704	−0.82%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

Places of interest

• The church of St. Nicolas, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a twelfth-century castle.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Bibliography

• Maurice Quemin, Le Trait, berceau de 200 navires, que sont-ils devenus ?, 1988 ISBN 2-9502241-0-5.

External links

• Official website of the commune (in French)
• Le Trait photographers club website (in French)