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Arrondissement Of Dieppe
The arrondissement of Dieppe is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy région. It has 343 communes. Its population is 237,203 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Dieppe, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ambrumesnil (76004) # Ancourt (76008) # Ancourteville-sur-Héricourt (76009) # Angiens (76015) # Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long (76016) # Anneville-sur-Scie (76019) # Ardouval (76024) # Argueil (76025) # Arques-la-Bataille (76026) # Aubéguimont (76028) # Aubermesnil-aux-Érables (76029) # Aubermesnil-Beaumais (76030) # Auberville-la-Manuel (76032) # Aumale (76035) # Auppegard (76036) # Autigny (76040) # Auvilliers (76042) # Auzouville-sur-Saâne (76047) # Avesnes-en-Bray (76048) # Avesnes-en-Val (76049) # Avremesnil (76050) # Bacqueville-en-Caux (76051) # Bailleul-Neuville (76052) # Baillolet (76053) # Bailly-en-Rivière (76054) # Baromesnil (76058) # Bazinval (76059) # Beaubec-la-Rosière ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieppe
Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England. Famous for its scallops, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled beach, a 15th-century castle and the churches of Saint-Jacques and Saint-Remi. The mouth of the river Scie lies at Hautot-sur-Mer, directly to the west of Dieppe. The inhabitants of the town of Dieppe are called ''Dieppois'' (m) and ''Dieppoise'' (f) in French. History First recorded as a small fishing settlement in 1030, Dieppe was an important prize fought over during the Hundred Years' War. Dieppe housed the most advanced French school of cartography in the 16th century. Two of France's best navigators, Michel le Vasseur and his brother Thomas le Vasseur, lived in Dieppe when they were recruited to join the expedition of René Goulaine de Laudonnière whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arques-la-Bataille
Arques-la-Bataille () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. The zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) was born in Arques. Geography Arques is situated near the confluence of the rivers Eaulne, Varenne and Béthune, with the forest of Arques to the north-east. It lies southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D23, D154, and D56 roads. Population Main sights The centre houses a castle dominating the town, which was built in the 11th century by William of Talou; his nephew, William the Conqueror, regarding it as a menace to his own power, besieged and occupied it. After frequently changing hands, it came into the possession of the English, who were expelled in 1449 after an occupation of thirty years. In 1589, its cannon decided the Battle of Arques in favour of King Henry IV of France. Since 1869, the castle has been state property. The first line of fortification was the work of Francis I; the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacqueville-en-Caux
Bacqueville-en-Caux (, literally ''Bacqueville in Caux'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the valley of the river Vienne, in the Pays de Caux, situated some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D149 and D23 roads. Population History The Baskervilles in England come from this village, called sometimes ''Baskervilla'', ''Bascervilla'' in ancient records.Beaurepaire (Charles de), Laporte (dom Jean), ''Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Seine-Maritime'', Paris, 1982-1984, p. 3/ref> (Fictional references include the ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William of Baskerville in ''The Name of the Rose'' by Umberto Eco.) Robert de Bascheville or de Baskeville received lands in Herefordshire after the Battle of Hastings and he held Eardisley Castle in that county. Heraldry Places of interest * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avremesnil
Avremesnil () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the valley of the Saâne river, in the Pays de Caux, situated some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D27 and D2 roads. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church of St. Aubin, dating from the twelfth century. * The sixteenth century manorhouse. * The motte and other vestiges of the medieval chateau. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):The official website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avesnes-en-Val
Avesnes-en-Val () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming commune comprising the village itself and seven hamlets, in the Pays de Bray, situated some east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D26 and D226 roads. Population Places of interest * The sixteenth century church of St. Aignan. * The church of Saint-Melaine dating from the sixteenth century. * The sixteenth century church of Notre-Dame at Villy-le-Haut. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avesnes-en-Bray
Avesnes-en-Bray (, literally ''Avesnes in Bray'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village in the Pays de Bray, situated some east of Rouen, at the junction of the N31 and D221 roads. Population Places of interest * The eighteenth century church of St.Martin. * Some Merovingian tombs and objects, found in the 19th century. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auzouville-sur-Saâne
Auzouville-sur-Saâne (, literally ''Auzouville on Saâne'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in Northern France. Geography A small farming village surrounded by woodland, in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D55 and D2 roads and on the banks of the river Saâne. Population Places of interest * The nineteenth century church of St. Denis. * A Manorhouse dating from the fifteenth century. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auvilliers
Auvilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D59 and D7 roads, just to the north of the N29 and the A29 autoroute. It was here that petit-suisse cheese was first produced. Population Places of interest * The eighteenth century church of St.Jean-Baptiste. * A chateau dating from the nineteenth century. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Diep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autigny, Seine-Maritime
Autigny () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D142 roads. Population Places of interest * The seventeenth century church of St.Martin. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auppegard
Auppegard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some south of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D308 roads. Etymology ''Appelgart'' 1160; Anglo- Norse place name ''æppel'' > apple and ''gardr'' > yard, garden. Like Applegarth (Yorkshire, ''Appelgard'' 1160 ) and Épégard ( Eure, ''Alpegard'' 1199 ). It shows, that apples have been grown in Normandy for a long time, probably already to make cider. Population Places of interest * The sixteenth-century church of St.Pierre, with a twisted spire. * The seventeenth-century château. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aumale
Aumale (), formerly known as Albemarle," is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle. History The town's Latin name was ''Alba Marla''. It was raised by William the Bastard into a county, for his half-sister, Adelaide of Normandy. It was then held by various Norman and English nobles until its confiscation in 1196 by Philip II of France. Thereafter it was held by the houses of Dammartin, Castile, Harcourt, and Lorraine. In 1547, it was raised to the status of a duchy for Francis of Lorraine. It passed to the house of Savoy, from whom Louis XIV purchased the title in 1675 in order to bestow it upon one of his bastards as an appanage. In 1769, it passed to the House of Orléans. The English Earls of Albemarle, meanwhile, also derive their name from the area. During World War II, the town was occupied by Germany. The SS operated a subcamp of the V SS construction brigade, in which over 500 men, mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auberville-la-Manuel
Auberville-la-Manuel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
