Varneville-Bretteville

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

Varneville-Bretteville
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Varneville-Bretteville
Varneville-Bretteville
Varneville-Bretteville
Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 1°02′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonLuneray
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • MayorFrançois Roger
Area
1
9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
324
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76721 /76890
Elevation135–176 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.

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
Arms of Varneville-Bretteville
 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 counting—residents 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
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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