Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Commune
A view of the town centre
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Auber
Area1	18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	76595 / 76280
Elevation	0–137 m (0–449 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ ʒwɛ̃ bʁynval]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) and oil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	880	—
1975	913	+0.53%
1982	1,227	+4.31%
1990	1,437	+1.99%
1999	1,576	+1.03%
2007	1,798	+1.66%
2012	1,868	+0.77%
2017	1,869	+0.01%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official commune website