Fauville-en-Caux
Fauville-en-Caux | |
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Part of Terres-de-Caux | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Fauville-en-Caux | |
  Fauville-en-Caux Location within France  Fauville-en-Caux Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′15″N 0°35′32″E / 49.6542°N 0.5922°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
| Commune | Terres-de-Caux |
Area 1 | 8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,354 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (752/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 76640 |
| Elevation | 109–141 m (358–463 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fauville-en-Caux (French pronunciation: [fovil ɑ̃ ko], lit. 'Fauville in Caux') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]
Geography
A small town of farming and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926, D50, and the D149 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Fauville-en-Caux are blazoned : Per pale gules and argent, issuant from a heart argent, the head and neck of a cock azure and tail gules. (the heart forms a stylized body for the rooster)
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1962 | 1,363 | — |
| 1968 | 1,366 | +0.04% |
| 1975 | 1,645 | +2.69% |
| 1982 | 1,751 | +0.90% |
| 1990 | 1,871 | +0.83% |
| 1999 | 1,937 | +0.39% |
| 2006 | 2,047 | +0.79% |
| 2022 | 2,354 | +0.88% |
| Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1] | ||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
Notable people
- Marius Grout (1903-1946), was a French writer[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fauville-en-Caux, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Georges Hirondel, Marius Grout: Prix Goncourt 1943: aventurier de l'absolu, Luneray, Bertout, (ISBN 2867434610)
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