Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Heraldry

Arms of Luneray
Arms of Luneray
The arms of Luneray are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19681,782    
19751,736−0.37%
19821,807+0.57%
19902,006+1.31%
19992,167+0.86%
20072,091−0.45%
20122,147+0.53%
20172,211+0.59%
2023 2,169−0.32%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE