Tôtes
Tôtes | |
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 The town hall in Tôtes | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Tôtes  | |
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| Coordinates: 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 (2014-2020) | Jean-Yves Billoré |
| Area 1 | 7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | 1,457 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/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 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
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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.
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Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 826 | 819 | 848 | 956 | 1059 | 1084 | 1285 | 1330 | 1457 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||||
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)[1]
Twin towns
- Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
- Monreal del Campo, Spain
See also
References
- ^ 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 2016-12-04. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links
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