Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes
Les Grandes-Ventes
Location within Upper Normandy region Les Grandes-Ventes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bellencombre
Intercommunality	Bosc d'Eawy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Annick Bocandé
Area1	24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,869
• Density	75/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76321 / 76950
Elevation	70–203 m (230–666 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 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.

Les Grandes-Ventes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A large village of farming, forestry and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D77, the D915 and the D22 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Les Grandes-Ventes are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Azure, on a bend argent between 2 spur rowels Or, 5 lozengees gules bendwise; 2&3: Argent, 2 fesses gules.

Population

Historical population of Les Grandes-Ventes

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1513	1381	1373	1496	1729	1813	1869
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 château de La Heuze.
• Vestiges of the priory of St-Marguerite, now a farm.
• The chapel de La Haye-le-Comte, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

Twin towns

• Osterwieck, in Germany.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Les Grandes-Ventes on the Quid website (French)