Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

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 Criquetot-l'Esneval
Intercommunality Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval
Government
 • Mayor François Auber
Area1 18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,808
 • Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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

Historical population of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population8178809131227143715761808
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

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References

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