Varneville-Bretteville

Varneville-Bretteville
Commune

Coat of arms
Varneville-Bretteville
Location within Normandy region
Varneville-Bretteville
Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 1°02′46″E / 49.6528°N 1.0461°E / 49.6528; 1.0461Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 1°02′46″E / 49.6528°N 1.0461°E / 49.6528; 1.0461
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
  Mayor François Roger
Area1 9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 300
  Density 33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76721 /76890
Elevation 135–176 m (443–577 ft)
(avg. 163 m or 535 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.

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

Geography

A forestry and farming commune situated in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D927, the D2 and the A151 autoroute.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Varneville-Bretteville are blazoned :
Gules, a lion, and in chief 2 griffon's heads Or.

Population

Historical population of Varneville-Bretteville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population251267236254289292300
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. Vincent and St. Médard, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau of Bel-Event
  • Remains of a Roman camp called ‘Le Bouteillerie’.
  • Vestiges of an ancient castle.
  • Old manorhouses, a presbytery and a dovecote.

See also

References


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