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Yères
The Yères () is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime. Geography The river's source is in the forest of Eu, just south of the village of Aubermesnil-aux-Érables. Its course takes a northerly route past Foucarmont and Fallencourt. It then turns northwestward and passes through the communes of Grandcourt, Villy-sur-Yères, Sept-Meules, Cuverville-sur-Yères, Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard, Touffreville-sur-Eu and finally through Criel-sur-Mer to the sea. Like most other rivers in the region, the Yères is classified as a first class river, offering anglers the chance to catch trout and lampreys, but not salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy .... See also * French water management scheme References Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuverville-sur-Yères
Cuverville-sur-Yères (, literally ''Cuverville on Yères'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Geography A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, some east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D258 and the D16 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century. * Ruins of a castle. * A restored watermill. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department References Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Dieppe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villy-sur-Yères
Villy-sur-Yères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated on the banks of the Yères river in the Pays de Bray, some east of Dieppe at the junction of the D16 and the D315 roads. The village name was changed from Villy-le-Bas in 1998. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. * The church of St. Aqualin, dating from the sixteenth century. * Ruins of an old priory in the middle of a field. 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] |
Criel-sur-Mer
Criel-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A town of farming, tourism and light industry situated in the valley and at the mouth of the river Yères, some northeast of Dieppe. The commune is served by the D16, D940 and the D925 roads. As with much of this coastline, huge chalk cliffs look out over the English Channel. At Criel, they rise to 107m. Victims of coastal erosion, the chalk cliffs are regularly trimmed, forcing the authorities to ban construction, or even to expropriate the residents near the cliff. The cliffs lose more than one meter per year and now threatens the houses. History Criel gets its first mention in 1059, as “Criolium”. First cited in 1326, the port was still operating in 1584, but has since closed. In the 19th century, an amateur archeologist, Father Cochet, found traces of a Gallo-Roman site. It was the chef-lieu of a canton during the French Revolution. Criel remained essenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touffreville-sur-Eu
Touffreville-sur-Eu 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 by the banks of the river Yères, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D226, the D454 and the D113 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the thirteenth century. * A 20-metre high railway viaduct spans the river. 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] |
Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard () 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 Yères in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D16 and the D113 roads, some east of Dieppe. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame at St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century. * The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century. * The church of St. Ouen at Auberville, dating from the seventeenth century, now a house. * Ruins of a feudal castle. 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] |
Sept-Meules
Sept-Meules is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography Sept-Meules is a small farming and forestry village situated in the valley of the Yères river in the Pays de Caux, some east of Dieppe at the junction of the D1314, D16 and D58 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh 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] |
Aubermesnil-aux-Érables
Aubermesnil-aux-Érables 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 southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D24 and D16 roads. It is surrounded by the lower Eu Forest and is the source of the river Yères. Population Places of interest * The church dating from the eleventh century. * The chapel, rebuilt in the 18th century. * The forest of Eu. Notable people The French actor Bourvil bought a farm here and spent much time in the village. 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] |
Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime
Grandcourt () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming and forestry village which was created from five former parishes at the time of the French Revolution. It is situated by the banks of the Yères river, adjacent to the forest of Eu, in the Pays de Bray, some east of Dieppe and at the junction of the D14, the D16 and the D149 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century. * The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century. * Vestiges of an eleventh-century castle motte * Grandcourt War Cemetery, containing 58 Second World War burials 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] |
Fallencourt
Fallencourt () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D216 and the D928 roads. The A28 autoroute passes through the commune's territory. Population Places of interest * Remains of a moated feudal motte. * The church, dating from the sixteenth 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] |
Foucarmont
Foucarmont () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A large village of farming and associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Yères, in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D928, the D16 and the D920 roads. The A28 autoroute passes within the borders of the commune. Population Places of interest * The twentieth century church of St.Martin. * The remains of a 12th-century abbey. 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-Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inférieure. It had a population of 1,255,633 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 76 Seine-Maritime INSEE History ;1790 - Creation of the Seine-Inférieure department :The department was created from part of the old province of during the |
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] |
