Sotteville-sur-Mer

Sotteville-sur-Mer
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Location within Upper Normandy region Sotteville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor (2013–2014)	Jean-Claude Bazire
Area¹	8.09 km² (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2010)²	357
• Density	44/km² (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76683 / 76740
Elevation	0–69 m (0–226 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Notre-Dame

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

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D68 and D89 roads. Here, huge chalk cliffs rise up from a pebble beach to overlook the English Channel. Access to the beach is by 231 steps cut out of the cliffs.