Bacqueville-en-Caux
| Bacqueville-en-Caux | |
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  Bacqueville-en-Caux | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Bacqueville-en-Caux | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′15″N 0°59′58″E / 49.7875°N 0.9994°ECoordinates: 49°47′15″N 0°59′58″E / 49.7875°N 0.9994°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Bacqueville-en-Caux |
| Intercommunality | Saâne et Vienne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Étienne Delarue |
| Area1 | 12.19 km2 (4.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,806 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76051 / 76730 |
| Elevation |
45–124 m (148–407 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft) |
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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. | |
Bacqueville-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village in the valley of the Vienne river, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D149 and D23 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 1720 | 1665 | 1605 | 1707 | 1640 | 1649 | 1806 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
History
The Baskervilles in England come from this village. (Fictional references include the Hound of the Baskervilles by Conan Doyle and William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose.) Robert de Bascheville or de Baskeville received lands in the Herefordshire after the battle of Hastings and he held Eardisley Castle.
Heraldry
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The arms of Bacqueville-en-Caux are blazoned : Or, 3 hammers gules. |
Places of interest
- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The twentieth century war memorial.
- The two 13th-century stone crosses.
- The church of St. Eutrope, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The park and château of Bacqueville dating from the eighteenth century.
- Two 16th century manorhouses.
- A seventeenth century presbytery.
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
External links
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