Luneray
Luneray | |
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Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E / 49.8292°N 0.9142°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Luneray |
Intercommunality | CC Terroir de Caux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Auger[1] |
Area 1 | 5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,170 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76400 /76810 |
Elevation | 66–100 m (217–328 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A small town of
TER
railway.
Heraldry
The arms of Luneray are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.
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Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,782 | — |
1975 | 1,736 | −0.37% |
1982 | 1,807 | +0.57% |
1990 | 2,006 | +1.31% |
1999 | 2,167 | +0.86% |
2007 | 2,091 | −0.45% |
2012 | 2,147 | +0.53% |
2017 | 2,211 | +0.59% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
- An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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