Tôtes

Tôtes
Tôtes
Commune
	The town hall in Tôtes
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°40′46″N 1°02′52″E / 49.6794°N 1.0478°ECoordinates: 49°40′46″N 1°02′52″E / 49.6794°N 1.0478°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Billoré
Area 1	7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,549
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76700 /76890
Elevation	138–172 m (453–564 ft) ; (avg. 158 m or 518 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tôtes (French pronunciation: [tot]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography[]

A farming small market town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 19 miles (31 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 927 and the D 929 roads, formerly route nationale 27 and route nationale 29. Prior to the construction of the autoroute system, it was a strategically important crossroads.

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Tôtes are blazoned : Per pale 1: Gules, 3 geese argent and 2: per fess Or and azure, 3 hammers reversed gules and 3 crosslets argent; overall an inescutcheon Or, on a chief azure, 3 mullets of 5 Or.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	819	—
1975	848	+0.50%
1982	956	+1.73%
1990	1,059	+1.29%
1999	1,084	+0.26%
2007	1,308	+2.38%
2012	1,483	+2.54%
2017	1,559	+1.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest[]

The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
The nineteenth century château.
The Auberge du Cygne, an inn and staging post of the 15th century.

People[]

Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert, French writers, stayed regularly at the inn
Bernard Monnereau (born 1935), Olympic rower (born in Tôtes)^[4]

Twin towns[]

Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
Monreal del Campo, Spain

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernard Monnereau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernard Monnereau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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