Sotteville-sur-Mer

Sotteville-sur-Mer
Notre-Dame church
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Location within Upper Normandy region  Sotteville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°ECoordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor (2013–2014)	Jean-Claude Bazire
Area^1	8.09 km^2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	357
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76683 / 76740
Elevation	0–69 m (0–226 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Sotteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D68 and D89 roads. Here, huge chalk cliffs rise up from a pebble beach to overlook the English Channel. Access to the beach is by 231 steps cut out of the cliffs.

Heraldry

The arms of Sotteville-sur-Mer are blazoned : Or, a lion per fess azure and gules, armed and langued counterchanged.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2010
265	324	318	313	365	388	363	359	357
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Val, dating from the tenth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of Sotteville-sur-Mer (French)
• Sotteville-sur-Mer on the Quid website (French)