Sotteville-sur-Mer

Sotteville-sur-Mer
Commune
Notre-Dame church

Coat of arms
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Location within Normandy region
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
 • Mayor (2013–2014) Jean-Claude Bazire
Area1 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 357
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76683 /76740
Elevation 0–69 m (0–226 ft)
(avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Sotteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D68 and D89 roads. Here, huge chalk cliffs rise up from a pebble beach to overlook the English Channel. Access to the beach is by 231 steps cut out of the cliffs.

Heraldry

 The arms of Sotteville-sur-Mer are blazoned :
Or, a lion per fess azure and gules, armed and langued counterchanged.

Population

Population history
196219681975198219901999200620072010
265324318313365388363359357
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Val, dating from the tenth century.

See also

References

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