Dénestanville

Dénestanville
Dénestanville
Location within Upper Normandy region Dénestanville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Longueville-sur-Scie
Intercommunality	Varenne et Scie
Government
• Mayor	André Prieur
Area1	2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	208
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76214 / 76590
Elevation	45–118 m (148–387 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dénestanville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D107 and the D3 roads.

History

Danestanvilla 1051, Donestanville 1088, Dunestanvilla 1142. Dunstan's farm, name of an Anglo-Saxon farmer who came from danelaw with the danes, probably in the 10th century, to settle in Normandy. Seat of the family de Dunstanville. See Reginald de Dunstanville.

Population

Historical population of Dénestanville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	146	173	172	187	251	237	208
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

• A château.
• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Dénestanville on the Quid website (French)