Luneray

Luneray
Luneray
Location within Upper Normandy region  Luneray
Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E / 49.8292°N 0.9142°ECoordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E / 49.8292°N 0.9142°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bacqueville-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Martial Hauguel
Area^1	5.08 km^2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,113
• Density	420/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76400 / 76810
Elevation	66–100 m (217–328 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 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.

Luneray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Heraldry

The arms of Luneray are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1664	1782	1736	1807	2006	2166	2113
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Luneray on the Quid website (French)