Bréauté

Bréauté
Bréauté
Location within Upper Normandy region Bréauté
Coordinates: 49°37′46″N 0°24′01″E / 49.6294°N 0.4003°E / 49.6294; 0.4003Coordinates: 49°37′46″N 0°24′01″E / 49.6294°N 0.4003°E / 49.6294; 0.4003
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Goderville
Intercommunality	Campagne de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Demare
Area¹	13.91 km² (5.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,210
• Density	87/km² (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76141 / 76110
Elevation	93–137 m (305–449 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Bréauté is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D52 and D910 roads.

Heraldry

	The arms of Bréauté are blazoned : Argent, a cinqfoil gules.

Population

Historical population of Bréauté
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	928	978	990	1104	1052	1102	1210
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The eighteenth century chateau d’Anteville.
The church of St.Georges, with parts dating from the eleventh century.

TER Class X locomotive at Bréauté station

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bréauté.

Bréauté on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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