Vatteville-la-Rue (French pronunciation: [vatvil la ʁy]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A village of forestry and farming situated in a meander of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) west of Rouen on the D65 and D40. The area is popular for the hunting of boar and deer. There is also considerable sand and gravel extraction at the large quarries.
Heraldry
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The arms of the commune of Vatteville-la-Rue are blazoned : Gules, a 3-masted ship Or, and on a chief argent, a salamandre between an ash leaf and an oak leaf sable.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 694 | — |
| 1975 | 636 | −1.24% |
| 1982 | 746 | +2.31% |
| 1990 | 897 | +2.33% |
| 1999 | 890 | −0.09% |
| 2007 | 1,034 | +1.89% |
| 2012 | 1,107 | +1.37% |
| 2017 | 1,140 | +0.59% |
| 2023 | 1,103 | −0.55% |
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Places of interest
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The chapel of St. Maur, also dating from the sixteenth century.
- Traces of several Roman villas in the forest of Brotonne.
- The ruins of a castle destroyed in 1123.
- Vestiges of the chateau of Quesney.
- A seventeenth-century windmill, in ruins.
People
- Philosopher Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007) is buried here.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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