Grainville-la-Teinturière explained

Grainville-la-Teinturière
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason_ville_fr_Grainville-la-Teinturière_(Seine-Maritime).svg
Arrondissement:	Dieppe
Canton:	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Insee:	76315
Postal Code:	76450
Mayor:	René Vimont^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Coordinates:	49.7486°N 0.6417°W
Elevation M:	8
Elevation Min M:	25
Elevation Max M:	142
Area Km2:	18.41

Grainville-la-Teinturière (in French pronounced as /ɡʁɛ̃vil la tɛ̃tyʁjɛːʁ/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux, some 28miles southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D71, the D75 and the D131 roads.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Vestiges of an 11th-century castle: motte; donjon; moat
• A museum dedicated to Jean de Béthencourt, explorer, who died at the castle.

Twin towns

• Teguise, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
• Betancuria, Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.