Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes
Les Grandes-Ventes

Coordinates: 49°47′12″N 1°13′38″E / 49.7867°N 1.2272°E / 49.7867; 1.2272Coordinates: 49°47′12″N 1°13′38″E / 49.7867°N 1.2272°E / 49.7867; 1.2272
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Bellencombre
Intercommunality Bosc d'Eawy
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Annick Bocandé
Area1 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,869
 • Density 75/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76321 / 76950
Elevation 70–203 m (230–666 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 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.

Les Grandes-Ventes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A large village of farming, forestry and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D77, the D915 and the D22 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Les Grandes-Ventes are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Azure, on a bend argent between 2 spur rowels Or, 5 lozengees gules bendwise; 2&3: Argent, 2 fesses gules.

Population

Historical population of Les Grandes-Ventes
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1513138113731496172918131869
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

Twin towns

See also

References

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