Fauville-en-Caux

Fauville-en-Caux is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]

Fauville-en-Caux
Coat of arms
Location of Fauville-en-Caux
Fauville-en-Caux
Fauville-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°39′15″N 0°35′32″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
CommuneTerres-de-Caux
Area
1
8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
2,291
  Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76640
Elevation109–141 m (358–463 ft)
(avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A small town of farming and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926, D50, and the D149 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Fauville-en-Caux
The arms of Fauville-en-Caux are blazoned :
Per pale gules and argent, issuant from a heart argent, the head and neck of a cock azure and tail gules. (the heart forms a stylized body for the rooster)

Population

Historical population of Fauville-en-Caux
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1363136616451751187119372206
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
  3. Georges Hirondel, Marius Grout: Prix Goncourt 1943: aventurier de l’absolu, Luneray, Bertout, (ISBN 2867434610)


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