Tôtes




Commune in Normandy, France



































































Tôtes
Commune

The town hall in Tôtes
The town hall in Tôtes


Coat of arms of Tôtes
Coat of arms

Location of Tôtes







Tôtes is located in France

Tôtes

Tôtes




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Tôtes is located in Normandy

Tôtes

Tôtes




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Coordinates: 49°40′46″N 1°02′52″E / 49.6794°N 1.0478°E / 49.6794; 1.0478Coordinates: 49°40′46″N 1°02′52″E / 49.6794°N 1.0478°E / 49.6794; 1.0478
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government

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(2014-2020)
Jean-Yves Billoré
Area
1

7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population
(2011)2

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

Tôtes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Heraldry


  • 3 Population


  • 4 Places of interest


  • 5 People


  • 6 Twin towns


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





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






Arms of Tôtes

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.







Population





























Population history
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




  • The Auberge du Cygnes(in French)

  • Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

  • Seine-Maritime

  • Normandy



References


  • INSEE




  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Bernard Monnereau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links







  • Tôtes on the Quid website (in French)





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