Hautot-sur-Mer explained

Hautot-sur-Mer
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Hautot-sur-Mer.svg
Arrondissement:Dieppe
Canton:Dieppe-1
Insee:76349
Postal Code:76550
Mayor:Jean-Jacques Brument[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA de la Région Dieppoise
Coordinates:49.8975°N 1.0347°W
Elevation M:90
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:103
Area Km2:9.46

Hautot-sur-Mer (in French pronounced as /oto syʁ mɛʁ/, literally Hautot on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, immediately to the west of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 75, D 56 and D 925 roads. The chalk cliffs and pebble beach of the commune look out over the English Channel. The river Scie flows through the commune and to the sea at the small tourist resort of Pourville.

History

The commune was formed in 1822 by the joining together of the communes of Hautot ("Hotot" in 1240), Petit-Appeville and Pourville, on the coast. It was here that a large force of Canadian soldiers came ashore during the ill-fated Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Explore France, Dieppe Memorial, published 29 October 2013, accessed 16 November 2022