Veauville-lès-Baons

Veauville-lès-Baons
Commune
Veauville-lès-Baons
Location within Normandy region
Veauville-lès-Baons
Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 0°46′03″E / 49.6539°N 0.7675°E / 49.6539; 0.7675Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 0°46′03″E / 49.6539°N 0.7675°E / 49.6539; 0.7675
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Pierre Cornu
Area1 7.96 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 671
 • Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76729 /76190
Elevation 118–152 m (387–499 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 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.

Veauville-lès-Baons is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the C5 with the D37 road. The A29 autoroute passes through the commune’s borders.

Population

Historical population of Veauville-lès-Baons
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population301327528672725717671
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 church of St. Austreberthe, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The chapel of St. Gilles, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross at the crossroads.
  • A 30-foot high granite cross, erected in 1874.

See also

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