Varneville-Bretteville

Varneville-Bretteville
Commune
Coat of arms
Varneville-Bretteville
Location within Normandy region  Varneville-Bretteville
Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 1°02′46″E / 49.6528°N 1.0461°E / 49.6528; 1.0461Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 1°02′46″E / 49.6528°N 1.0461°E / 49.6528; 1.0461
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor	François Roger
Area1	9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	300
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76721 /76890
Elevation	135–176 m (443–577 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 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.

Varneville-Bretteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming commune situated in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D927, the D2 and the A151 autoroute.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Varneville-Bretteville are blazoned : Gules, a lion, and in chief 2 griffon's heads Or.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Vincent and St. Médard, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau of Bel-Event
• Remains of a Roman camp called ‘Le Bouteillerie’.
• Vestiges of an ancient castle.
• Old manorhouses, a presbytery and a dovecote.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varneville-Bretteville.

• Varneville-Bretteville on the Quid website (in French)