Varneville-Bretteville

Varneville-Bretteville (French pronunciation: [vaʁnəvil bʁɛtvil]) 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
Area 1	9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	326
• Density	35/km2 (92/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 km2 (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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	267	—
1975	236	−1.75%
1982	254	+1.06%
1990	289	+1.63%
1999	292	+0.11%
2007	295	+0.13%
2012	305	+0.67%
2017	324	+1.22%
Source: INSEE

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