Val-de-Saâne

Val-de-Saâne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Val-de-Saâne
Coat of arms
Location of Val-de-Saâne
Val-de-Saâne
Val-de-Saâne
Coordinates: 49°42′19″N 0°57′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonLuneray
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Norbert Gainville
Area
1
13.87 km2 (5.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,504
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76018 /76890
Elevation70–158 m (230–518 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 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 farming commune situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux, some 19 miles (31 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D2, D25 and the D23 roads. The commune was created in 1964 by the fusion of the four villages of Anglesqueville-sur-Saâne, Eurville, Thiédeville and Varvannes

Heraldry

Arms of Val-de-Saâne
The arms of the commune of Val-de-Saâne are blazoned :
Gules, on a cross Or between 2 fleurs-de-lys, an escallop and a rose argent, an inescutcheon vert charged with a cock Or.

Population

Historical population of Val-de-Saâne
Year19621968197519821990199920062010
Population688707102712141257133013531445
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. Wandrille, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The church of St. Nicaise, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The church of St. Pierre at Eurville.
  • The sixteenth-century château of Varvannes.

See also

References

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


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