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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Veulettes-sur-Mer

Veulettes-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vølɛt syʁ mɛʁ], literally Veulettes on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D79 and the D271. The river Durdent flows to the sea here through the pebble beach (the longest in the department at 2 km) and huge chalk cliffs which rise up to face the sea .

Heraldry

Arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer
Arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer
The arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer are blazoned :
Azure, in fess 2 roses Or and in pale a crescent and a heart with a cross on top argent (those 4 charges in a lozenge formation), and in chief a label argent.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 363—    
1975 342−0.85%
1982 369+1.09%
1990 299−2.60%
1999 296−0.11%
2007 324+1.14%
2012 315−0.56%
2017 275−2.68%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

The cliffs of Veulettes, from the former promenade
  • The new promenade along the sea, on the sunset
    The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • The cliffs.

People

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 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