Veulettes-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vølɛt syʁ mɛʁ], literally Veulettes on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Veulettes-sur-Mer | |
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Coordinates: 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E / 49.8478°N 0.5969°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
Intercommunality | CC Côte d'Albâtre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Françoise Guillot[1] |
Area 1 | 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 277 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76736 /76450 |
Elevation | 0–81 m (0–266 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geography
editA tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D79 and the D271. The river Durdent flows to the sea here through the pebble beach (the longest in the department at 2 km) and huge chalk cliffs which rise up to face the sea .
Heraldry
editThe arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer are blazoned : Azure, in fess 2 roses Or and in pale a crescent and a heart with a cross on top argent (those 4 charges in a lozenge formation), and in chief a label argent.
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Population
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 363 | — |
1975 | 342 | −0.85% |
1982 | 369 | +1.09% |
1990 | 299 | −2.60% |
1999 | 296 | −0.11% |
2007 | 324 | +1.14% |
2012 | 315 | −0.56% |
2017 | 275 | −2.68% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
edit- The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
- The cliffs.
People
edit- Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924–2006) journalist, essayist and politician lived here.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Veulettes-sur-Mer.
- Full INSEE database (in French)