Vatteville-la-Rue (French pronunciation: [vatvil la ʁy]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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 The church in Vatteville-la-Rue | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vatteville-la-Rue  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°29′21″N 0°41′11″E / 49.4892°N 0.6864°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine |
| Intercommunality | Caux Seine Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Charron[1] |
Area 1 | 51.14 km2 (19.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,133 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76727 /76940 |
| Elevation | 0–125 m (0–410 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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 village of forestry and farming situated in a meander of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) west of Rouen on the D65 and D40. The area is popular for the hunting of boar and deer. There is also considerable sand and gravel extraction at the large quarries.
Heraldry
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The arms of the commune of Vatteville-la-Rue are blazoned : Gules, a 3-masted ship Or, and on a chief argent, a salamandre between an ash leaf and an oak leaf sable.
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Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 694 | — |
| 1975 | 636 | −1.24% |
| 1982 | 746 | +2.31% |
| 1990 | 897 | +2.33% |
| 1999 | 890 | −0.09% |
| 2007 | 1,034 | +1.89% |
| 2012 | 1,107 | +1.37% |
| 2017 | 1,140 | +0.59% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
edit- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The chapel of St. Maur, also dating from the sixteenth century.
- Traces of several Roman villas in the forest of Brotonne.
- The ruins of a castle destroyed in 1123.
- Vestiges of the chateau of Quesney.
- A seventeenth-century windmill, in ruins.
People
edit- Philosopher Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007) is buried here.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
- ^ "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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