Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Commune
A view of the town centre
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Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 0°09′49″E / 49.6439°N 0.1636°E / 49.6439; 0.1636Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 0°09′49″E / 49.6439°N 0.1636°E / 49.6439; 0.1636
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Auber[1]
Area 1	18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,858
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76595 /76280
Elevation	0–137 m (0–449 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) and oil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.

History[]

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Jouin-Bruneval.

• Official commune website (in French)