Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes
Commune
The church in Les Grandes-Ventes
Coat of arms
Location of Les Grandes-Ventes
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Coordinates: 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 (2020–2026)	Nicolas Bertrand[1]
Area 1	24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,746
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

Geography

A large village of

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,381	—
1975	1,373	−0.08%
1982	1,496	+1.23%
1990	1,729	+1.83%
1999	1,814	+0.53%
2007	1,836	+0.15%
2012	1,748	−0.98%
2017	1,821	+0.82%
Source: INSEE[3]

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

References

External links

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