Veauville-lès-Baons

Veauville-lès-Baons (French pronunciation: [vovil lɛ bɑ̃], lit. 'Veauville near Baons') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts-de-Caux.

Veauville-lès-Baons
Part of Les Hauts-de-Caux
Location of Veauville-lès-Baons
Veauville-lès-Baons Veauville-lès-Baons
Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 0°46′03″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Commune	Les Hauts-de-Caux
Area 1	7.96 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	711
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76190
Elevation	118–152 m (387–499 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 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 village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the C5 with the D37 road. The A29 autoroute passes through the commune's borders.

Population

Historical population of Veauville-lès-Baons

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	301	327	528	672	725	717	671
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Austreberthe, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The chapel of St. Gilles, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross at the crossroads.
• A 30-foot high granite cross, erected in 1874.

Notable people

Claudine Loquen(1965-), painter and sculptor has lived in Veauville-lès-Baons (from 1976 to 2007)

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department