Grainville-la-Teinturière

Grainville-la-Teinturière (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁɛ̃vil la tɛ̃tyʁjɛːʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Grainville-la-Teinturière
Commune
The mill in Grainville-la-Teinturière
Coat of arms
Location of Grainville-la-Teinturière
Grainville-la-Teinturière Grainville-la-Teinturière
Coordinates: 49°44′55″N 0°38′30″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Vimont
Area ^1	18.41 km^2 (7.11 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,078
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76315 /76450
Elevation	25–142 m (82–466 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the Durdent river in the Pays de Caux, some 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D71, the D75 and the D131 roads.

Population

Historical population of Grainville-la-Teinturière

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	794	801	860	882	964	990	1111
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Vestiges of an 11th-century castle: motte; donjon; moat
• A museum dedicated to Jean de Béthencourt, explorer, who died at the castle.

Twin towns

• Teguise, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
• Betancuria, Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.