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Saâne
The Saâne () is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime. Geography The Saâne has its source in the Pays de Caux in the territory of the hamlet of Varvannes, in the commune of Val-de-Saâne. Taking a northward journey, it flows through the communes of Saâne-Saint-Just, Auzouville-sur-Saâne, Biville-la-Rivière, Brachy, Gueures, Ouville-la-Rivière and Longueil and meets the English Channel between Quiberville and Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer. At Longueil, not far from the mouth, the flow is relatively low, at 2.6 m/s, because of the small size of the watershed (270 km), however, at Gueures, on the right bank, a significant tributary, the Vienne river, 15 km in length, joins with the Saane. Like most other rivers in the region, the Saâne is classified as a first class river, offering anglers the chance to catch trout and salmon Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-de-Saâne
Val-de-Saâne (, literally ''Vale of Saâne'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.Commune de Val-de-Saâne (76018) INSEE Geography A commune situated by the banks of the river in the , some south of at the junction of the D2, D25 and the D23 roa ...[...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] |
Vienne (Normandy)
The Vienne is a small river in Normandy, France, in length, It is a right tributary of the Saâne flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime. Geography The Vienne has its source in the Pays de Caux in the territory of the commune of Beauval-en-Caux. Taking a northward journey, it flows through the communes of Saint-Mards, Lamberville, Bacqueville-en-Caux, Hermanville, Lammerville and Thil-Manneville before joining the Saâne at Gueures. Like most other rivers in the region, the Vienne is classified as a first class river, offering anglers the chance to catch trout and salmon Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family (biology), family Salmonidae, which are native to tributary, tributaries of the .... Bibliography * Albert Hennetier, ''Aux sources normandes: Promenade au fil des rivières en Seine-Maritime'', Ed. Bertout, Luneray, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biville-la-Rivière
Biville-la-Rivière () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated by the banks of the Saâne river, some southwest of Dieppe, near the junction of the D107 and the D2 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Pierre, dating from the eighteenth 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] |
Saâne-Saint-Just
Saâne-Saint-Just () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the valley of the Saâne river in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D2 and D149 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Just, dating from the thirteenth century. * A feudal motte. 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] |
Quiberville
Quiberville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography This is a village based on tourism and farming, situated by the mouth of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux. The D2, the D75, and the D127 roads, intersect here some west of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs face a pebble beach and the English Channel. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century. * A stone cross dated 1602. 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] |
Longueil, Seine-Maritime
Longueil () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe on the D 27 and the D 925 at its junction with the D 127 road. Coat of arms Population Places of interest * The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the 13th and 16th century. * Ruins of an 11th and 12th century castle. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department *Longueuil, Quebec Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ... References Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gueures
Gueures () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated at the confluence of the Saâne and the Vienne rivers, in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D123 and the D152 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. * The eighteenth-century château. * Some interesting houses dating from the seventeenth 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouville-la-Rivière
Ouville-la-Rivière () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography The commune is a village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D 27, D 54 and the D 925 roads, southwest of Dieppe. Population Places of interest * A yew tree nearly 1000 years old. * The eighteenth-century château de Tous les Mesnils, open to visitors on weekend afternoons in the summer. * The manorhouse du Tessy, now a guesthouse. * The château d'Ouville, damaged during World War II, and not yet completely rebuilt. * Thchurch of St. Gilles dating from the eleventh century. * A sixteenth-century stone cross. 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] |
Brachy
Brachy () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D4, D108 and the D152 roads. Population Places of interest * Two ancient manorhouses. * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. * The seventeenth century church of St. Ouen. * The church of St. Remy, at Gourel, dating from the eleventh century. * A stone cross 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): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pays De Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast; its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre. In the east, it borders on the Pays de Bray where the strata below the chalk show through. Cauchois is a notable dialect of the Norman language. The Pays de Caux is one of the remaining strongholds of the Norman language outside the Cotentin (or Cherbourg) peninsula. The principal communities are Le Havre, Dieppe, Fécamp, Yvetot, and Étretat. Etymology In the Norman language ''caux'' means lime, calcium carbonate. In French, for comparison, the word is ''chaux'' (the French 'ch' being pronounced as an English 'sh'. Example: Caux dialect ''candelle'', English ''candle'', French ''chandelle'' ). The name of the neighbouring ''Pays de Bray'' comes from an Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kanaal, "The Channel"; german: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel" ( French: ''la Manche;'' also called the British Channel or simply the Channel) is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to at its narrowest in the Strait of Dover."English Channel". ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', 2004. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some . The Channel was a key factor in Britain becoming a naval superpower and has been utilised by Britain as a natural def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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