Val-de-Saâne
Val-de-Saâne | |
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Location of Val-de-Saâne  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Tôtes |
| Intercommunality | Trois Rivières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Norbert Gainville |
| Area 1 | 13.87 km2 (5.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 1,353 |
| • Density | 98/km2 (250/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. | |
Val-de-Saâne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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
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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.
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 688 | 707 | 1027 | 1214 | 1257 | 1330 | 1353 |
| 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. 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 chateau of Varvannes.
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