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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Sassetot-le-Mauconduit

Sassetot-le-Mauconduit (French pronunciation: [sasto mokɔ̃dɥi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village, by the coast of the English Channel, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 34 miles (55 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D5 and D79 roads. The commune is sandwiched between two ‘’vallons’’, short valleys that create a gap in the huge cliffs, giving access to the sea via the pebble beach. The name comes from the Norman "Sax-Tot", meaning ‘’village of the Saxons". Mauconduit was the name of the 13th century seigneurs.

Heraldry

Arms of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit
Arms of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit
The arms of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit are blazoned :
Or, a millrind between 4 crosslets, and on a chief azure 2 anchors Or.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968897—    
1975749−2.54%
1982890+2.49%
1990944+0.74%
1999957+0.15%
2007923−0.45%
20121,050+2.61%
20171,100+0.93%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau and park of Sassetot
  • The eighteenth-century chateau of Briquedalle
  • The chateau of Criquemanville.
  • Three chapels.
  • The sixteenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE