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Commune in Normandy, France
Quiberville
Commune
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Coat of arms of QuibervilleCoat of arms
Location of Quiberville
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Coordinates: 49°53′57″N 0°55′13″E / 49.8992°N 0.9203°E / 49.8992; 0.9203
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-1
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Bloc
Area3.35 km (1.29 sq mi)
Population532
 • Density160/km (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code76515 /76860
Elevation0–58 m (0–190 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quiberville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kibɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ], lit. 'Quiberville on Sea'; before 2024: Quiberville) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

Aerial view from the west, 2019
The coastline in 360°
(view as a 360° interactive panorama)

This is a village based on tourism and farming, situated by the mouth of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux. The D2, the D75, and the D127 roads, intersect here some 8 miles (13 km) west of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs face a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Heraldry

Arms of Quiberville
Arms of Quiberville
The arms of Quiberville are blazoned :
Azure, 3 (weavers) shuttles Or, and in chief on an inescutcheon gules, 2 leopards Or, armed and langued azure.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968362—    
1975399+1.40%
1982427+0.97%
1990429+0.06%
1999467+0.95%
2007508+1.06%
2012552+1.68%
2017552+0.00%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A stone cross dated 1602.

See also

References

  1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Décret No. 2023-1386 du 22 décembre 2023 portant changement du nom de communes
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


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