Varneville-Bretteville

Varneville-Bretteville
Varneville-Bretteville
Location within Upper Normandy region Varneville-Bretteville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Tôtes
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor	François Roger
Area1	9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	300
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76721 / 76890
Elevation	135–176 m (443–577 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 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.

Varneville-Bretteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming commune situated in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D927, the D2 and the A151 autoroute.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Varneville-Bretteville are blazoned : Gules, a lion, and in chief 2 griffon's heads Or.

Population

Historical population of Varneville-Bretteville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	251	267	236	254	289	292	300
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. Vincent and St. Médard, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau of Bel-Event
• Remains of a Roman camp called ‘Le Bouteillerie’.
• Vestiges of an ancient castle.
• Old manorhouses, a presbytery and a dovecote.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Varneville-Bretteville on the Quid website (French)