Veulettes-sur-Mer
Veulettes-sur-Mer
Commune in Normandy, France
Veulettes-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vølɛt syʁ mɛʁ], literally Veulettes on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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Veulettes-sur-Mer | |
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Coordinates: 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
Intercommunality | CC Côte d'Albâtre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Françoise Guillot[1] |
Area 1 | 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 277 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76736 /76450 |
Elevation | 0–81 m (0–266 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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A tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D79 and the D271. The river Durdent flows to the sea here through the pebble beach (the longest in the department at 2 km) and huge chalk cliffs which rise up to face the sea .
The arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer are blazoned : Azure, in fess 2 roses Or and in pale a crescent and a heart with a cross on top argent (those 4 charges in a lozenge formation), and in chief a label argent.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 363 | — |
1975 | 342 | −0.85% |
1982 | 369 | +1.09% |
1990 | 299 | −2.60% |
1999 | 296 | −0.11% |
2007 | 324 | +1.14% |
2012 | 315 | −0.56% |
2017 | 275 | −2.68% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
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- The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
- The cliffs.
- Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924–2006) journalist, essayist and politician lived here.
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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- Full INSEE database (in French)