Val-de-Saâne

Val-de-Saâne (French pronunciation: [val də san], literally Vale of Saâne) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Val-de-Saâne
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Val-de-Saâne
Val-de-Saâne Val-de-Saâne
Coordinates: 49°42′19″N 0°57′55″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Paumier
Area 1	13.87 km2 (5.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,476
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76018 /76890
Elevation	70–158 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	707	—
1975	1,027	+5.48%
1982	1,214	+2.42%
1990	1,257	+0.44%
1999	1,330	+0.63%
2007	1,341	+0.10%
2012	1,460	+1.71%
2017	1,504	+0.60%
Source: INSEE

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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department