Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye

Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye
Commune
Belltower from Saint-Victor
Location of Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 49°40′29″N 1°07′16″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Lagnel
Area 1	8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	756
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76656 /76890
Elevation	115–166 m (377–545 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viktɔʁ labei]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 57, D 3 and D 929 roads. SNCF railways have a TER station here, connecting with Rouen and Dieppe.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 574 —     1800 582 +0.20% 1806 600 +0.51% 1821 538 −0.72% 1831 637 +1.70% 1836 653 +0.50% 1841 618 −1.10% 1846 581 −1.23% 1851 602 +0.71% 1856 620 +0.59% 1861 620 +0.00% 1866 589 −1.02% 1872 570 −0.55% 1876 540 −1.34% 1881 532 −0.30% 1886 560 +1.03% 1891 526 −1.24% 1896 525 −0.04%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 481 −1.74% 1906 502 +0.86% 1911 506 +0.16% 1921 470 −0.74% 1926 502 +1.33% 1931 475 −1.10% 1936 417 −2.57% 1946 458 +0.94% 1954 465 +0.19% 1962 537 +1.82% 1968 558 +0.64% 1975 573 +0.38% 1982 575 +0.05% 1990 569 −0.13% 1999 624 +1.03% 2007 624 +0.00% 2012 737 +3.38% 2017 771 +0.91%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Places of interest

• The châteaux of St. Victor and Ménillet.
• Traces of a feudal castle.
• The church of St. Victor, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department