Senneville-sur-Fécamp

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Senneville-sur-Fécamp
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Senneville-sur-Fécamp is located in France
Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Senneville-sur-Fécamp
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Senneville-sur-Fécamp is located in Upper Normandy
Senneville-sur-Fécamp
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Fécamp
Area1 4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 770
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76670 / 76400
Elevation 0–124 m (0–407 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Senneville-sur-Fécamp is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village, by the coast of the English Channel, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79, D925 and D73 roads. Spectacular limestone cliffs rise up to around 100m here.There is also a local beach which is much utilised by the residents. There are a lot of beautiful B&B's in and around the village.

Heraldry

Arms of Senneville-sur-Fécamp
The arms of Senneville-sur-Fécamp are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Chequy azure and Or; 2: Azur, a crab Or; 3: 2 ears of wheat in saltire Or; a cross argent; overall on an inescutcheon gules, a latin cross with base Or.



Population

Historical population of Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 516 527 533 540 565 628 770
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century chateau.

See also

References

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