Dénestanville

Dénestanville
Dénestanville

Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 1°05′51″E / 49.8117°N 1.0975°ECoordinates: 49°48′42″N 1°05′51″E / 49.8117°N 1.0975°E
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Longueville-sur-Scie
Intercommunality Varenne et Scie
Government
 • Mayor André Prieur
Area1 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 208
 • Density 77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76214 / 76590
Elevation 45–118 m (148–387 ft)
(avg. 53 m or 174 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.

Dénestanville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D107 and the D3 roads.

History

Danestanvilla 1051, Donestanville 1088, Dunestanvilla 1142. Dunstan's farm, name of an Anglo-Saxon farmer who came from danelaw with the danes, probably in the 10th century, to settle in Normandy. Seat of the family de Dunstanville. See Reginald de Dunstanville.

Population

Historical population of Dénestanville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population146173172187251237208
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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