Varneville-Bretteville Explained

Varneville-Bretteville
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Varneville-Bretteville.svg
Arrondissement:	Dieppe
Canton:	Luneray
Insee:	76721
Postal Code:	76890
Mayor:	François Roger^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Terroir de Caux
Coordinates:	49.6528°N 1.0461°W
Elevation M:	163
Elevation Min M:	135
Elevation Max M:	176
Area Km2:	9.22

Varneville-Bretteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming commune situated in the Pays de Caux, some 23miles south of Dieppe at the junction of the D927, the D2 and the A151 autoroute.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Vincent and St. Médard, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau of Bel-Event
• Remains of a Roman camp called ‘Le Bouteillerie’.
• Vestiges of an ancient castle.
• Old manorhouses, a presbytery and a dovecote.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Notes and References

1. https://www.seine-maritime.gouv.fr/content/download/26198/186822/file/Liste%20d%C3%A9finitive%20des%20maires%20du%20d%C3%A9partement.pdf Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime