Hautot-sur-Mer

Hautot-sur-Mer
Hautot-sur-Mer
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Offranville
Intercommunality Dieppe
Mayor Jean-Jacques Brument
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 0–103 m (0–338 ft)
(avg. 90 m/300 ft)
Land area1 9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population2 2,076  (2006)
 - Density 219 /km2 (570 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76349/ 76550
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.

Hautot-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, immediately to the west of Dieppe, at the junction of the D75, D56 and D925 roads. The chalk cliffs and pebble beach of the commune look out over the English Channel. The river Scie flows through the commune and to the sea at the small tourist resort of Pourville.

History

The commune was formed in 1822 by the joining together of the parishes of Hautot ("Hotot" in 1240), Petit-Appeville and Pourville, on the coast. It was here that a large force of Canadian soldiers came ashore during the ill-fated Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942.

Heraldry

The arms of Hautot-sur-Mer are blazoned :
Vert, a chief argent, overall a lion Or.

Population

Historical population of Hautot-sur-Mer
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 1639 1657 1912 1982 2211 2120 2076
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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