Vatteville-la-Rue

Vatteville-la-Rue is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Vatteville-la-Rue
The church in Vatteville-la-Rue
Coat of arms
Location of Vatteville-la-Rue
Vatteville-la-Rue
Vatteville-la-Rue
Coordinates: 49°29′21″N 0°41′11″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonPort-Jérôme-sur-Seine
IntercommunalityCA Caux vallée de Seine
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jacques Charron[1]
Area
1
51.14 km2 (19.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
1,140
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76727 /76940
Elevation0–125 m (0–410 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 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 village of forestry and farming situated in a meander of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) west of Rouen on the D65 and D40. The area is popular for the hunting of boar and deer. There is also considerable sand and gravel extraction at the large quarries.

Heraldry

Arms of Vatteville-la-Rue
The arms of the commune of Vatteville-la-Rue are blazoned :
Gules, a 3-masted ship Or, and on a chief argent, a salamandre between an ash leaf and an oak leaf sable.

Population

Historical population of Vatteville-la-Rue
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population6446946367468978901025
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. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The chapel of St. Maur, also dating from the sixteenth century.
  • Traces of several Roman villas in the forest of Brotonne.
  • The ruins of a castle destroyed in 1123.
  • Vestiges of the chateau of Quesney.
  • A seventeenth-century windmill, in ruins.

People

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References


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