Veules-les-Roses

Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 0°48′01″E / 49.8742°N 0.8003°E / 49.8742; 0.8003
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The Cressonnières in Veules-les-Roses
The Cressonnières in Veules-les-Roses
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Veules-les-Roses is located in France
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Veules-les-Roses is located in Normandy
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Veules-les-Roses
Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 0°48′01″E / 49.8742°N 0.8003°E / 49.8742; 0.8003
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Tasse[1]
Area
1
5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
520
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76735 /76980
Elevation0–79 m (0–259 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Veules-les-Roses (French pronunciation: [vœl le ʁoz]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

Veules-les-Roses is a tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D68, D926 and the D142 roads.

The river Veules, which flows through the commune, is the shortest sea-bound river in France at 1.149 kilometres (0.714 mi).[3] Its water is used to create ponds for growing watercress whence it finds its way to the sea through a gap in the high chalk cliffs, which overlook a sand and pebble beach.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 691—    
1975 629−1.33%
1982 686+1.25%
1990 753+1.17%
1999 676−1.19%
2007 582−1.85%
2012 539−1.52%
2017 605+2.34%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A house known as ‘The Old Château' with a dovecote.
  • A sixteenth-century
    presbytery
    now the Hôtel des Tourelles.
  • A monument to Victor Hugo.
  • Three restored watermills.
  • A seventeenth-century chapel.
  • The ruins of the church of St. Nicolas and a sandstone Celtic cross, both dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The twelfth-century chapel of Notre-Dame.
  • The ship wreck of the Cérons. The ship sank on 12 June 1940 and is visible on the shore at low tide.[5]
The beach

People

Many artists have come here to paint, such as Anaïs Aubert,

Jules Claretie, Henri Lavedan and Émile Bergerat and the composer Alexandre Georges
.

Politicians such as Henri Maret, Alexandre Millerand, René Viviani, Louis Malvy, Albert Clemenceau and Pierre Taittinger came here for the sea air. Victor Boucher, Georges Chamarat, Saint-Granier, the writer Maurice Privat, Dominique Bonnaud as well as sports personalities Suzanne Lenglen and Lucien Gaudin.

  • Prawn fishermen
    Prawn fishermen
  • The river Veules
    The river Veules
  • Cross
    Cross
  • Terrace of the Casino before the war
    Terrace of the Casino before the war
  • A party given by Victor Hugo to the children of Veules (24 September 1882)
    A party given by Victor Hugo to the children of Veules (24 September 1882)
  • Veules les Rose c. 1905 Samuel Peploe
    Veules les Rose c. 1905 Samuel Peploe
  • British and French prisoners at Veules, June 1940.
    British and French prisoners at Veules, June 1940.
  • View of the church
    View of the church
  • Sunset
    Sunset

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. ^ Roses, Mairie de Veules les (2023-05-02). "Situation". Découvrir Veules-les-Roses (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Website about shipwreck around Dunkerque".

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