Quiberville

Quiberville
Commune
The beach at Quiberville

Coat of arms
Quiberville
Location within Normandy region
Quiberville
Coordinates: 49°53′57″N 0°55′13″E / 49.8992°N 0.9203°E / 49.8992; 0.9203Coordinates: 49°53′57″N 0°55′13″E / 49.8992°N 0.9203°E / 49.8992; 0.9203
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-1
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor J-F Bloc
Area1 3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 516
 • Density 150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76515 /76860
Elevation 0–58 m (0–190 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 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.

Quiberville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of tourism and farming situated by the mouth of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D2, the D75 and the D127 roads, some 8 miles (13 km) west of Dieppe. Here, huge chalk cliffs look out over a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Heraldry

 The arms of Quiberville are blazoned :
Azure, 3 (weavers) shuttles Or, and in chief on an inescutcheon gules, 2 leopards Or, armed and langued azure.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
319362399427429467516
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A stone cross dated 1602.

See also

References


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