Sotteville-sur-Mer

Sotteville-sur-Mer
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Commune
	Town hall of Sotteville-sur-Mer
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sotteville-sur-Mer
	Sotteville-sur-Mer Sotteville-sur-Mer
	Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Hélène Changarnier
Area 1	8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)	397
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Sotteville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɔtvil syʁ mɛʁ], literally Sotteville on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy 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

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	324	—
1975	318	−0.27%
1982	313	−0.23%
1990	365	+1.94%
1999	388	+0.68%
2007	359	−0.97%
2012	355	−0.22%
2017	390	+1.90%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Official website of Sotteville-sur-Mer (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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