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unusual facts about Seine Maritime



Stormy Sea in Étretat

The cliff that can be seen is that of Étretat (Seine Maritime), as Monet stayed in the city many times from the winter 1864-1865, and wrote: "I spend my time outdoors on the stone when it's big time ... and of course I work all the time."


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1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash

The aircraft had taken off from Le Bourget at 11:15 local time (10:15 GMT) and passed over Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime at 12:10.

Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville

Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, in Seine-Maritime, France.

Alain Blondel

Alain Blondel (born 7 December 1962 in Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime) is a retired French decathlete.

André Bettencourt

He was born in Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan (Seine-Maritime) in an old Catholic Norman noble family.

Arques

Arques-la-Bataille, in the Seine-Maritime département, along the Arques River

Autigny

Autigny, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, France

Château d'Eu

The Château d'Eu is a former royal residence in the town of Eu, in the Seine-Maritime department of France, in Normandy.

Chêne chapelle

The Chêne chapelle (lit. "chapel oak") is an oak tree located in Allouville-Bellefosse in Seine-Maritime, France.

Durdent

Le Mesnil-Durdent, a commune in the Seine-Maritime département, France

Gare d'Eu-la Mouillette

The gare d'Eu-la-Mouillette (Eu-la Mouillette Station) is a railway station located in the commune of Eu in the Seine-Maritime department, France.

Gare de Blangy-sur-Bresle

The Gare de Blangy-sur-Bresle (Blangy-sur-Bresle Station) is a railway station located in the commune of Blangy-sur-Bresle in the Seine-Maritime department, France.

Gare de Longuerue-Vieux-Manoir

The Gare de Longuerue-Vieux-Manoir (Longuerue-Vieux-Manoir station) is a railway station located in the commune of Vieux-Manoir in the Seine-Maritime department, France, near Longuerue.

Gare de Montérolier-Buchy

The Gare de Montérolier-Buchy (Montérolier-Buchy station) is a railway station located in the commune of Montérolier in the Seine-Maritime department, France and near Buchy.

Gare de Saint-Martin-du-Vivier

The Gare de Saint-Martin-du-Vivier (Saint-Martin-du-Vivier station) is a railway station located in the commune of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier in the Seine-Maritime department, France.

Gare de Serqueux

The Gare de Serqueux (Serqueux station) is a railway station located in the commune of Serqueux in the Seine-Maritime department, France.

Goupil

Manneville-la-Goupil, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Haute-Normandie, France

Guillaume de Felice

He became a pastor at the Reformed Church of Bolbec, in Normandy Seine-Maritime, then a professor of theology in Montauban, occupying the chair 'de morale et d'éloquence sacrée' (of morality and holy speech).

Helier

Churches dedicated to Helier can be found in Rennes, St. Hellier, Beuzeville (Eure), Amécourt (Eure), Barentin (Seine-Maritime), Monhoudou (Sarthe).

Héricourt

Héricourt-en-Caux, a commune of the Seine-Maritime département in France

Jean Rédélé

Rédélé first started (1950) rallying Dieppe-Rouen with a 4 CV, because he considered the small French car had a great rallying potential.

Normannognathus

In 1993 Jean-Jacques Lepage on the Normandy coast at the Cap de la Hève, near Ecqueville, Octeville-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, found a ten centimetres long fossil of a petrosaur in a marine claystone layer.

Penly Nuclear Power Plant

It lies on the border of two French municipalities: Penly and Saint-Martin-en-Campagne in the département of Seine-Maritime, Normandy, on the English Channel coast.

Pierre Statorius

In the accounts of the Baillif of Lausanne Hans Frisching for 1550 appears "Pierre de Tonneville", who signed his Latin letters "P. Tonvillanus S." and claimed to have come from the "pays Séquanes" which indicates Tonneville, Seine-Maritime, not Thionville, Metz.

Pierre Statorius (Tonneville, Seine-Maritime 1530 - Pińczów 1591) was a French grammarian and theologian, who settled among the Polish Brethren, becoming rector of a Calvinist Academy in Pińczów at the invitation of Francesco Lismanino.

Pont de Brotonne

Its construction was financed by the General council of Seine-Maritime for the purpose of opening up the Pays de Caux and assuring a connection between the commune of Yvetot and the A13 autoroute by way of the forêt de Brotonne (Brotonne forest), from which the bridge gets its name.

Rachid Chékhémani

Rachid Chékhémani (born 1 October 1973 in Barentin, Seine-Maritime) is a French long-distance runner.

Rouville

Rouville, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, France

Suzanne Duchamp

Born in Blainville-Crevon, Seine-Maritime in the Haute-Normandie Region of France, she was the fourth of six children born into the artistic family of Eugene and Lucie Duchamp.

Tancarville Bridge

The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville in French) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre.

Toussaint

Toussaint, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the arrondissement of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime département of France

Valmont Abbey

Valmont Abbey (Abbaye de Valmont, Sainte-Marie de Valmont or abbaye Sainte-Marie) was a Benedictine abbey in Valmont, Seine-Maritime, France.

Yvan Griboval

Yvan Griboval was born on 7 January 1957 in Mont-Saint-Aignan (near Rouen in the French Department Seine-Maritime) from Cécile Griboval born Toutain (1924-2012) and from Roger Griboval (1908-1997).