Varengeville-sur-Mer

Coordinates: 49°54′24″N 0°59′44″E / 49.9067°N 0.9956°E / 49.9067; 0.9956
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Varengeville-sur-Mer
Vastérival Beach, in Varengeville-sur-Mer
Vastérival Beach, in Varengeville-sur-Mer
Coat of arms of Varengeville-sur-Mer
Location of Varengeville-sur-Mer
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Varengeville-sur-Mer is located in France
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Varengeville-sur-Mer is located in Normandy
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Varengeville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°54′24″N 0°59′44″E / 49.9067°N 0.9956°E / 49.9067; 0.9956
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-1
IntercommunalityCA Région Dieppoise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Boulier[1]
Area
1
10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
955
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76720 /76119
Elevation0–102 m (0–335 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Varengeville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vaʁɑ̃ʒvil syʁ mɛʁ], literally Varengeville on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A forestry and farming commune situated by the coast of the English Channel and in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dieppe at the junction of the D27, D75 and the D123 roads. The commune has access to the pebble beach by means of a gap in the huge chalk cliffs.

Heraldry

Arms of Varengeville-sur-Mer
Arms of Varengeville-sur-Mer
The arms of Varengeville-sur-Mer are blazoned :
Gules, a mullet of 8 argent pierced azure, on a chief argent a lion passant gules.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 986—    
1975 998+0.17%
1982 1,050+0.73%
1990 1,048−0.02%
1999 1,179+1.32%
2007 1,056−1.37%
2012 1,013−0.83%
2017 957−1.13%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

La maison du douanier de Varengeville (Customs officer's house), by Monet, 1882
Jean d'Ango manor

People

Cemetery
Bois des Moutiers
  • Georges Braque (1883–1963), artist, buried in the cemetery
  • Albert Roussel (1869–1937), composer, buried in the cemetery
  • Georges de Porto-Riche (1849–1930), writer, buried in the cemetery
  • Jean-Francis Auburtin (1866–1930), artist, died here
  • Paul Nelson (1895–1979), architect, buried in the cemetery
  • Jean Ango (1480–1551), shipping magnate and navigator, lived here
  • Claude Monet (1840–1926), spent some time painting here

Twinning

The village is twinned with Herstmonceux in East Sussex, in the United Kingdom[4]

In literature

Naomi Mitchison, in her autobiographic book You May Well Ask, relates that in the 1920s and 1930 she and her family, along with other families of their social circle in London, used to have vacations in Varengeville: "At the small village of Varengeville, on top of the cliffs a few miles west of Dieppe, the families with children lived in fairly basic chalets which were fine for us. We ate at the hotel and went down a steep path to the sand and rather chilly swimming, and tremendously enjoyed each other's company".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ "Herstmonceux Parish Home Page". herstmonceuxparish.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  5. ^ Naomi Mitchison, You may well ask", London, 1979, Part I, Chap 7.

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