Luneray

Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Luneray
The Protestant temple in Luneray
Coat of arms
Location of Luneray
Luneray
Luneray
Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonLuneray
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Guy Auger
Area
1
5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,211
  Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76400 /76810
Elevation66–100 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.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Heraldry

Arms of Luneray
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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19681,782    
19751,736−0.37%
19821,807+0.57%
19902,006+1.31%
19992,167+0.86%
20072,091−0.45%
20122,147+0.53%
20172,211+0.59%
Source: INSEE[2]

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

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