Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes
Commune
Coat of arms
Les Grandes-Ventes
Location within Normandy region  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	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Bray-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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Normandy 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

Places of interest

• The château de La Heuze.
• Vestiges of the priory of St-Marguerite, now a farm.
• The chapel de La Haye-le-Comte, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

Twin towns

• Osterwieck, in Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Grandes-Ventes.

• Les Grandes-Ventes on the Quid website (in French)