Biville-la-Baignarde

Biville-la-Baignarde
Biville-la-Baignarde
Location within Upper Normandy region  Biville-la-Baignarde
Coordinates: 49°43′19″N 1°02′56″E / 49.7219°N 1.0489°ECoordinates: 49°43′19″N 1°02′56″E / 49.7219°N 1.0489°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Tôtes
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor	Chantal Furon-Bataille
Area^1	7.08 km^2 (2.73 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	577
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76096 / 76890
Elevation	105–151 m (344–495 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 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.

Biville-la-Baignarde is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 16 miles (26 km) south of Dieppe, near the junction of the D927 and the D353 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Biville-la-Baignarde are blazoned : Gules, a column on a pedestal argent charged with the capital letters RF sable and supporting a bust of Marianne argent, chapé Or charged with a horseshoe gules nailed sable and a spur rowel (mullet of 6 pierced) gules.

Population

Historical population of Biville-la-Baignarde

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	505	542	560	568	548	514	577
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 church of St.Paër, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth century chapel of St.Leonard.
• The statue of Marianne on the square.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Biville-la-Baignarde on the Quid website (French)