Senneville-sur-Fécamp

Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Commune
The church in Senneville-sur-Fécamp

Coat of arms
Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Location within Normandy region
Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Coordinates: 49°46′24″N 0°25′02″E / 49.7733°N 0.4172°E / 49.7733; 0.4172Coordinates: 49°46′24″N 0°25′02″E / 49.7733°N 0.4172°E / 49.7733; 0.4172
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Fécamp
Intercommunality CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Area1 4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 770
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76670 /76400
Elevation 0–124 m (0–407 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.

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

Senneville-sur-Fécamp is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village, by the coast of the English Channel, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79, D925 and D73 roads. Spectacular limestone cliffs rise up to around 100m here.There is also a local beach which is much used by the residents. There are many beautiful B&B's in and around the village.

Heraldry

The arms of Senneville-sur-Fécamp are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Chequy azure and Or; 2: Azur, a crab Or; 3: 2 ears of wheat in saltire Or; a cross argent; overall on an inescutcheon gules, a latin cross with base Or.

Population

Historical population of Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population516527533540565628770
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century chateau.

See also

References


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