Dieppe (;

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: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal

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in the

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-Inféri ...

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in the Normandy region of northern

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. Dieppe is a

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on the

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at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England. Famous for its

scallop Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...

s, Dieppe also has a popular

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beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

, a 15th-century

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and the churches of Saint-Jacques and Saint-Remi. The mouth of the river Scie lies at

Hautot-sur-Mer Hautot-sur-Mer (, literally ''Hautot on Sea'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, immediately to the west of ...

, 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

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settlement in 1030, Dieppe was an important prize fought over during the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...

. 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 Rene Goulaine de Laudonnière (c. 1529–1574) was a French Huguenot explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot, sent Jean Ribault and Laudonnière ...

which departed

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

for

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on April 20, 1564. The expedition resulted in the construction of

Fort Caroline Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County. It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June, 1564, follow ...

, the first French colony in the New World. Another expedition two years before where Goulaine de Laudonnière was under command of

Jean Ribault Jean Ribault (also spelled ''Ribaut'') (1520 – October 12, 1565) was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Florida. A H ...

, a local Huguenot captain, had resulted in the foundation of

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, now in South Carolina. Dieppe was the premier port of the kingdom in the 17th century. After

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died, putting an end to a

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country in England on July 6, 1553,

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left England to evade the Catholic-fist of

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. First, under the permission of his friends, he went back to his home country of

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. Then after he stayed in Dieppe for a few months, he continued on his tracks and stayed in

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. There he met one of his influences,

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. On July 23, 1632, 300 colonists heading to

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departed from Dieppe. At the

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by French King Louis XIV and is also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted Huguenots the right to practice their religion without s ...

in 1685, Dieppe lost 3,000 of its

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citizens, who fled abroad. Dieppe was an important target in

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time; the town was largely destroyed by an

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naval bombardment in 1694. It was rebuilt after 1696 in a typical French classical style by Ventabren, an architect, who gave it its unique feature for a sea port. It was popularised as a

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following the 1824 visit of the widowed

Duchess of Berry Duke of Berry (french: Duc de Berry) or Duchess of Berry (french: Duchesse de Berry) was a title in the Peerage of France. The Duchy of Berry, centred on Bourges, was originally created as an appanage for junior members of the French royal fami ...

, daughter-in-law of

Charles X Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Loui ...

. She encouraged the building of the recently renovated municipal

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, the ''Petit-Théâtre'' (1825), associated particularly with

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

. During the later 19th century, Dieppe became popular with English artists as a

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. Prominent literary figures such as

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loved to keep up with the latest fads of

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France here, and during "the season" sometimes stayed for weeks on end.

Second World War

Dieppe Dawn 19 August 1942 stained glass Currie Hall

During the

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Dieppe was occupied by German naval and army forces after the

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in 1940. In order to allow a better defence of the coast against a possible

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landing, the Germans destroyed the mauresque casino that was located near the beach area. The destruction of the casino had only begun at the time of the

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment o ...

. The raid proved a costly lesson for the Allies. On August 19, 1942, Allied soldiers, mainly drawn from the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, landed at Dieppe in the hope of occupying the town for a short time, gaining intelligence and drawing the ''

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

'' into open battle. The Allies suffered more than 1,400 deaths, 907 Canadian, and 1,946 Canadian soldiers were captured – more prisoners than the army lost in the 11 months of the 1944–45 NW Europe campaign. However, no major objectives were achieved. More recent research suggests the raid was a massive cover for an intelligence operation to capture German code machine components. French soldiers from the region, captured in the fighting of 1940, were returned to the area after the Dieppe Raid as a reward by the German occupation authorities, who felt that the conduct of the French civilians in Dieppe had been correct and had not hindered the defence of the port during the battle. The port remained garrisoned by German forces until the conclusion of the

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. When the First Canadian Army approached at the end of August, the garrison withdrew, not desiring to enter into battle for the port. Dieppe was liberated on September 1, 1944, by soldiers from the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. On September 3, the entire division paused for reorganization, and a victory parade was held; contingents representing all major units of the 2nd Division marched 10 abreast behind the massed pipes and drums of the division's highland regiments. A memorial service was held in the nearby Canadian military cemetery to honour those killed in the Dieppe Raid.

Post-war

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 Newha ...

, a city in

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, Canada, received its present name in 1946, in honour of the commemoration of the 913 Canadian soldiers killed in the Dieppe Raid. The majority of its inhabitants are of

Acadian The Acadians (french: Acadiens , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the region of Acadia, as it is the region where the de ...

descent.

Notable people

Jean Ango Jean Ango (an Italianized form of Jehan Angot) (1480–1551) was a Norman shipowner who provided ships to Francis I, King of France, for exploration of the globe. A native of Dieppe, Ango took over his father's import-export business and ventured ...

(1480–1551), ship owner * Jean Asselin (v. 1610–1652), painter and drawer * Jean Cousin (15th century), navigator * Jean Crasset (1618–1692), writer *

François-Antoine-Henri Descroizilles Titration (also known as titrimetry and volumetric analysis) is a common laboratory method of quantitative chemical analysis to determine the concentration of an identified analyte (a substance to be analyzed). A reagent, termed the ''titrant'' ...

(1751–1825), chemist * Adrien de Pauger (?–1726), engineer and architect of the

Vieux Carré The French Quarter, also known as the , is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (french: La Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the ("Old Sq ...

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* Pierre de Chauvin, sieur de Tonnetuit (1575–1603), Huguenot trader at

Honfleur Honfleur () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Honf ...

Isaac de Caus Isaac de Caus (1590–1648) was a French landscaper and architect. He arrived in England in 1612 to carry on the work that his brother Salomon de Caus had left behind. His first known work in England was a grotto that Caus designed in 1623 locat ...

(1590–1648) architect engineer *

Abraham Duquesne Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a naval officer and there ...

(1610–1688), general lieutenant of the French Navy Buste de Duquesne exposé au Musée de la Marine

* Charles Le Moyne, (1626–1685), colonist of New France, first lord of

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* Jean Mauger (1648–1712), artist *

Jean Pecquet Jean Pecquet (9 May 1622, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime – 26 February 1674) was a French scientist. He studied the expansion of air, wrote on psychology, and is also known for investigating the thoracic duct. Furthermore, he studied the nature of visi ...

(1622–1674), physiologist * Jean Parmentier (1494–1529), navigator and poet *

(1520–1565), corsaire Protestant * Richard Simon (1638–1712), historian *

Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière or de la Martiniere (1662 at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe – 19 June 1746 in The Hague), was a French polymath. His main work was the ''Grand Dictionnaire Geographique Et Critique'' published in ten vol ...

(1683–1746), scientist * Joseph Lavallée (1747–1816), poet, journalist and novelist *

Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number o ...

(1901–1987), actress *

Bruno Braquehais Auguste Bruno Braquehais (January 28, 1823 – February 13, 1875) was a French photographer active primarily in Paris in the mid-19th century. His photographic work documenting the 1871 Paris Commune is considered an important early example of ph ...

(1823–1875), photographer * Albert Réville (1826–1906), theologist * Emmanuel Masqueray (1861–1917), architect *

Ernest Henri Dubois Ernest Henri Dubois (March 16, 1863 in Dieppe; December 30, 1930 in Paris), was a French sculptor. He enrolled in 1881 at the École des Arts décoratiif and then attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under Alexandre Falgui ...

(1863–1930), sculptor *

André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and Wh ...

(1877–1960), actor *

Louis de Broglie Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (, also , or ; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French physicist and aristocrat who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave na ...

(1892–1987),

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–winning physicist *

Jean Rédélé Jean Rédélé (17 May 1922, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime – 10 August 2007 Paris), was an automotive pioneer, pilot and founder of the French automotive brand Alpine. With a HEC diploma, he was the youngest Renault dealer in France, with a dealershi ...

(1922–2007), founder of the

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car factory *

Pierre Dupuis Pierre Dupuis or Pierre Dupuys (3 March 1610 in Montfort-l'Amaury – 18 February 1682 in Paris) was a French painter. He lived in Italy, where he met Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695 ...

(1610–1682), painter * Yvonne Lephay-Belthoise (1914–2011), classical pianist * Jean-Paul Villain (born 1946), athlete *

Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, director and singer. Life and career Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, Lemercier grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conserva ...

(born 1964), actress *

Olivier Frébourg Olivier Frébourg (14 September 1965, Dieppe) is a French journalist, writer and publisher. Career As a journalist, he wrote for '' Libération'', ''Le Figaro Littéraire'', '' Géo'' (as great reporter), ''le Figaro Magazine'', ', ' and severa ...

(born 1965), writer *

Victor Langlois Victor Langlois (20 March 1829 – 14 May 1869) was a French historian, archaeologist, professor, numismatist, and orientalist who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages. Langlois was particularly known for his work on Armenian history and cu ...

(1829–1869), historian * Emmanuel "Manu" Petit, (born 1970) a World Cup–winning footballer * St.

Jean de Lalande Jean de Lalande, SJ (died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs. He was killed at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon after being captured by warriors. Life Jean de ...

SJ, a 17th-century

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brother who was martyred by the

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Indians in present-day

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* St. Antoine Daniel SJ, martyr and saint *

Thomas Pesquet Thomas Gautier Pesquet (; born 27 February 1978 in Rouen) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and he successfully completed his basic training in Nov ...

(born 1978), astronaut, aerospace engineer and pilot

Geography

Dieppe belongs to the

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 ...

, lying along the Alabaster Coast in the

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Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

. It is located on the Channel coast, north of Rouen at the mouth of the river Arques and lies east of the mouth of the river Scie.

Climate

Toponymy

Mentioned as ''Deppae'' in 1015–1029, ''Dieppa'' in 1030, then in the 12th century: ''Deppa'', ''Deupa'' and ''Diopa''. From Old English ''dēop'' or Old Norse ''djúpr'' "deep", same meaning.Beaurepaire 67 The Nominalization from an Old English or Norse adjective, being unusual, ''dēop'' / ''djúpr'' could be followed by the Old English word ''ǣ'' / ''ea'' or Old Norse ''á'' "stream, river" (cf. Djúpá, river in Iceland).Jean Renaud, ''Vikings et noms de lieux de Normandie'', OREP éditions, Cully, 2009, p. 40. The same adjective can be recognized in other place-names like Dieppedalle (f. e. Saint-Vaast-Dieppedalle) and Dipdal in Normandy, which is the same as

Deepdale Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End. Deepdale is "widely recognised as being the oldest 'continuously used' football stadium in the world, though this is contested". History ...

in Great Britain. The stream running through Dieppe was called ''Tella'' in

Merovingian The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...

and

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippin ...

documents, before being called ''Dieppe'' in the 10th century. The name has stuck to the town, although the name of the stream changed again, to Béthune.

Heraldry

Historical images of Dieppe

File:Dieppe-port.jpg, View of Dieppe's ''Grand

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'' File:Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_The_Harbor_of_Dieppe_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg, J. M. W. Turner, ''The Harbor of Dieppe'', 1826 File:The Basket Shop, Rue St Jean, Dieppe - Walter Richard Sickert - ABDAG000288.jpg,

Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on d ...

, The Basket Shop, Rue St Jean, Dieppe, c. 1911 - 1912,

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File:Boillot-ACF-GP1912.jpg, Georges Boillot winning the 1912

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in Dieppe File:Carl Spitzweg 051.jpg,

Carl Spitzweg Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 – September 23, 1885) was a German romanticist painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era. Life and career Spitzweg was born in U ...

's painting ''Frauenbad in Dieppe III'' File:Frits Thaulow-Fra Dieppe med elven Arques.jpg,

Frits Thaulow Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape. Biography Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of a wealthy chemist, Haral ...

's ''Fra Dieppe med elven Arques'' (''From Dieppe with the river Arques'') File:Ernst Oppler - Beach.jpg,

Ernst Oppler Ernst Oppler (19 September 1867 1 March 1929) was a German Impressionist painter and etcher born in Hanover. Early life Ernst Oppler was the son of Edwin Oppler (1831-1880), a prominent German-Jewish architect. Ernst Oppler's brothers were t ...

''At the beach'' (c. 1912) File:Nicolae Vermont - Plaja (la Dieppe).jpg,

Nicolae Vermont Nicolae Vermont (October 10, 1866 – June 14, 1932) was a Romanian Realism (arts), realist painter, graphic artist and muralist. He was noted for his wide range of subjects and his interest in social issues, and was an associate of the Post-Impres ...

's painting ''View of Dieppe's beach'' (1929) File:Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Old castle, Dieppe, France. ca. 1895.jpg, The castle in the 1890s File:Dieppe 18 June 1945 RG373 AERIALFILM A6720 DN5852 OBL 067 01.jpg, Aerial photograph taken in June, 1945

Population

Sights

The castle,

Château de Dieppe The Château de Dieppe is a castle in the French town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, département. The castle was founded in 1188 by King Henry II of England, and was destroyed in 1195 by King Phil ...

, which survived the 1694 bombardment, is now a museum and exhibition space, with a strong maritime collection. A rich collection of 17th- and 18th-century

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carvings, including lacy folding fans, for which Dieppe was known, and the furnishings and papers of

. The castle's interior courtyard is picturesque. At the Square du Canada, near the castle in a park at the western end of the Esplanade, there is a monument erected by the town commemorating the long relationship between Dieppe and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. The events recorded begin with the early 16th century, and culminate with the Dieppe Raid and the liberation of Dieppe by Canadians on September 1, 1944. The base of the monument is inscribed with the words "''nous nous souvenons''" ("we remember"). Above the monument, the Canadian Maple Leaf flag is flown side by side with that of France. The

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel of Dieppe The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours chapel in Dieppe was built in 1876 for sailors who died at sea. It was first a place of pilgrimage before being a parish church, and stands on the coast of the English Channel. Many votive offerings on display here ...

stands on the coast. Some of the Canadian soldiers who were killed are buried in the

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Hautot-sur-Mer, south of Dieppe in Normandy, France. It contains Canadian and British soldiers killed during the Dieppe Raid on the 18/19 ...

, in the ''commune'' of

Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie (, literally ''Saint-Aubin on Scie'') 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 Scie in the Pays de Caux, at th ...

south-west of Dieppe. File:CastleDieppe.JPG, Château-musée de Dieppe File:Château-musée de Dieppe.jpg, Château-musée File:Dieppe.JPG, The harbour File:Dieppe2.JPG, The waterfront

Transport

Dieppe railway station Dieppe station ( French: ''Gare de Dieppe'') is the train station for the town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime and was built by Chemins de fer de Paris à Cherbourg on 28 July 1848. It used to have a direct connection with Paris-St. Lazare via Serqueu ...

, operated by

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

, has frequent departures for Rouen-Rive-Droite. SNCF operates also buses to

Gisors Gisors () is a Communes of France, commune of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, France. It is located northwest from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Vill ...

-Embranchement through Serqueux. Dieppe has a ferry port with direct services to the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

town of Newhaven, situated at the mouth of the River Ouse in

East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...

. The twice-daily service to the

Port of Newhaven The Port of Newhaven is a port and associated docks complex located within Newhaven, East Sussex, England, situated at the mouth of the River Ouse. International ferries run to the French port of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, a distance of . Although ...

is operated by

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, under a concession subsidised by the French government. Services are normally operated using the

MS Côte D'Albâtre MS ''Côte d' Albatre'' is a RO-RO passenger ferry currently operated by DFDS Seaways France between Newhaven in the UK and Dieppe in France and was originally built in 2006 for Transmanche Ferries which was then dissolved into LD Lines which ...

Current services

(Newhaven: two sailings daily)

Former services

Hoverspeed Hoverspeed was a ferry company that operated on the English Channel from 1981 until 2005. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd. Its last owners were Sea Containers; the company ran a small fleet of two high-speed Sea ...

(Newhaven: three sailings daily). Withdrawn in 2004. * P&O Stena Line (Newhaven: three sailings daily). Withdrawn in 1999.

Administration

The current mayor of Dieppe is Nicolas Langlois. Member of the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Unit ...

, he was elected in 2017, and re-elected in 2020.

Economy

Historically a major fishing hub, it is still home to a large

ferry port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...

and one of the busiest ports in Europe; in the 17th Century the

Dieppe Company The Dieppe Company (french: Compagnie de Dieppe) was a 17th-century French overseas trading company. It was founded on 1 June 1604 through the issuance of letter patents by Henry IV to Dieppe merchants, with an eye to Far East trade possibilities ...

operated from the port. Until the mid 19th Century the Ave Maria lace, a hand-made lace manufacturer was largely based in Dieppe. Currently the town is now home to the Alpine Automobiles global headquarters.

Sport

The town is home to

FC Dieppe FC Dieppe, officially Football Club Dieppois, is a team in the French association football, football club based in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe (Seine-Maritime). It was founded in 1896. They play at the Stade des Vertus, which has a capacity ...

, one of the oldest

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clubs in the country having been founded in 1896.

International relations

Dieppe is twinned with *

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, United Kingdom *

Dieppe, New Brunswick Dieppe () is a city in the Canadian maritime province of New Brunswick. Statistics Canada counted the population at 28,114 in 2021, making it the fourth-largest city in the province. Dieppe's history and identity goes back to the eighteenth ...

, Canada

References

Notes

Bibliography

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External links

* A tragedy in Dieppe with Oscar Wild
The importance of being Sebastian - in Dieppe - Normandy Then and Now

Dieppe Town Council website

Transmanche Ferries
who connect Dieppe and Newhaven (this was previously done by

until 2004).
Gare Maritime Photographs
* {{Authority control Communes of Seine-Maritime Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast Ports and harbours of the English Channel Subprefectures in France