Sotteville-sur-Mer

Sotteville-sur-Mer
Commune
Town hall of Sotteville-sur-Mer
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822��N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 0°49′52″E / 49.8822°N 0.8311°E / 49.8822; 0.8311
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  (Jan. 2018)[1]	393
• 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.

Notre-Dame church

Sotteville-sur-Mer 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[]

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

Population[]

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

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sotteville-sur-Mer.

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