Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes (French pronunciation: [le ɡʁɑ̃d vɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Les Grandes-Ventes
Commune
The church in Les Grandes-Ventes
Coat of arms
Location of Les Grandes-Ventes
Les Grandes-Ventes Les Grandes-Ventes
Coordinates: 49°47′12″N 1°13′38″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Bray-Eawy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Bertrand
Area 1	24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,746
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76321 /76950
Elevation	70–203 m (230–666 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 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 large village of farming, forestry and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D77, the D915 and the D22 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Les Grandes-Ventes

The arms of Les Grandes-Ventes are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Azure, on a bend argent between 2 spur rowels Or, 5 lozengees gules bendwise; 2&3: Argent, 2 fesses gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,381	—
1975	1,373	−0.08%
1982	1,496	+1.23%
1990	1,729	+1.83%
1999	1,814	+0.53%
2007	1,836	+0.15%
2012	1,748	−0.98%
2017	1,821	+0.82%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The château de La Heuze.
• Vestiges of the priory of St-Marguerite, now a farm.
• The chapel de La Haye-le-Comte, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

Twin towns

• Osterwieck, in Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department