Vatteville-la-Rue (French pronunciation: [vatvil la ʁy]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Vatteville-la-Rue
The church in Vatteville-la-Rue
The church in Vatteville-la-Rue
Coat of arms of Vatteville-la-Rue
Location of Vatteville-la-Rue
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Vatteville-la-Rue is located in France
Vatteville-la-Rue
Vatteville-la-Rue
Vatteville-la-Rue is located in Normandy
Vatteville-la-Rue
Vatteville-la-Rue
Coordinates: 49°29′21″N 0°41′11″E / 49.4892°N 0.6864°E / 49.4892; 0.6864
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonPort-Jérôme-sur-Seine
IntercommunalityCaux Seine Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Charron[1]
Area
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51.14 km2 (19.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,133
 • Density22/km2 (57/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

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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

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 694—    
1975 636−1.24%
1982 746+2.31%
1990 897+2.33%
1999 890−0.09%
2007 1,034+1.89%
2012 1,107+1.37%
2017 1,140+0.59%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

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  • 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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE