Les Grandes-Ventes

Les Grandes-Ventes
Commune
The church in Les Grandes-Ventes
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°47′12″N 1°13′38″E / 49.7867°N 1.2272°E / 49.7867; 1.2272Coordinates: 49°47′12″N 1°13′38″E / 49.7867°N 1.2272°E / 49.7867; 1.2272
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Bray-Eawy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Bertrand[1]
Area 1	24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,801
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76321 /76950
Elevation	70–203 m (230–666 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Grandes-Ventes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A large village of farming, forestry and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D77, the D915 and the D22 roads.

Heraldry[]

The arms of Les Grandes-Ventes are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Azure, on a bend argent between 2 spur rowels Or, 5 lozengees gules bendwise; 2&3: Argent, 2 fesses gules.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The château de La Heuze.
• Vestiges of the priory of St-Marguerite, now a farm.
• The chapel de La Haye-le-Comte, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

Twin towns[]

• Osterwieck, in Germany.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

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