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
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Roger[1]
Area ^1	9.22 km^2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	324
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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 km^2 (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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	251	267	236	254	289	292	300
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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.