Beauval-en-Caux

Beauval-en-Caux
Beauval-en-Caux
Location within Upper Normandy region Beauval-en-Caux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Tôtes
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Wemaere
Area1	15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	425
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76063 / 76890
Elevation	84–147 m (276–482 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Beauval-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated by the banks of the Vienne river, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D50, D23 and D927 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Beauval-en-Caux are blazoned : Argent, on a saltire azure between a trefoil, a lion passant, an eagle head contourny erased and a martlet gules, an oak eradicated.

Population

Historical population of Beauval-en-Caux

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	461	521	457	398	412	436	425
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 château des Etangs, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The château Blanc, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the eleventh century.
• The church of St.Geneviève, dating from the eleventh century.
• The chapel, from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Beauval-en-Caux on the Quid website (French)