Luneray

Luneray
Luneray
Commune
	The Protestant temple in Luneray
	Coat of arms
	Location of Luneray
	Luneray Luneray
	Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E / 49.8292°N 0.9142°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Auger
Area 1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,170
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76400 /76810
Elevation	66–100 m (217–328 ft) ; (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Heraldry

Arms of Luneray	The arms of Luneray are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,782	—
1975	1,736	−0.37%
1982	1,807	+0.57%
1990	2,006	+1.31%
1999	2,167	+0.86%
2007	2,091	−0.45%
2012	2,147	+0.53%
2017	2,211	+0.59%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest

The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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