Beauval-en-Caux

Beauval-en-Caux
Commune
The cross in 1971

Coat of arms
Beauval-en-Caux
Location within Normandy region
Beauval-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°44′52″N 1°00′55″E / 49.7478°N 1.0153°E / 49.7478; 1.0153Coordinates: 49°44′52″N 1°00′55″E / 49.7478°N 1.0153°E / 49.7478; 1.0153
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Philippe Wemaere
Area1 15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 425
 • Density 27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76063 /76890
Elevation 84–147 m (276–482 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beauval-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated by the banks of the Vienne river, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D50, D23 and D927 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Beauval-en-Caux are blazoned :
Argent, on a saltire azure between a trefoil, a lion passant, an eagle head contourny erased and a martlet gules, an oak eradicated.

Population

Historical population of Beauval-en-Caux
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population461521457398412436425
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The château des Etangs, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The château Blanc, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The church of St.Pierre, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The church of St.Geneviève, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The chapel, from the sixteenth century.

See also

References


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