Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Saint-Jouin-Bruneval	Heuqueville at 3.7 km (6 min)
Insee code	76595	Gonneville-la-Mallet at 4.8 km (5 min)
Postcode	76280	Sainte-Marie-au-Bosc at 6.3 km (6 min)
Latitude	49.6420890	Anglesqueville-l'Esneval at 6.4 km (7 min)
Longitude	0.1632309	Mannevillette at 6.5 km (7 min)
Altitude	From 0 to 137 meters	Saint-Martin-du-Bec at 6.5 km (8 min)
Surface	18.82 km²	Beaurepaire at 6.6 km (7 min)
Population	1798 inhabitants	Le Tilleul at 7.2 km (7 min)
Density	94 inhabitants/km²	Notre-Dame-du-Bec at 7.5 km (10 min)
National label		Villainville at 8.1 km (9 min)
Chief town	Rouen (at 104 km, 79 min)	Criquetot-l'Esneval at 8.2 km (9 min)
Department	Seine-Maritime	Rolleville at 8.6 km (11 min)
Region	Upper Normandy	Search another town

LOCATION

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TOWN PRESENTATION

Village of Seine-Maritime halfway between Le Havre and Fecamp, the Alabaster Coast. Located 7 km from Etretat, Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is part of the township of Criquetot-l'Esneval. The town of Saint-Jouin Bruneval and that of merging in 1823 to become Saint-Jouin-Bruneval. From 1912 to 1950, the town was called Saint-Jouin-sur-Mer.

February 27, 1942 at Bruneval in Operation Biting, British and Canadian paratroopers destroyed an important radar, with the help of Norman members of the Resistance. In connection with that memory of the Resistance, Bruneval was the site of a famous speech by General de Gaulle, 30 March 1947.

Saint-Jouin, bordering the English Channel, is remarkable for the implementation of site Antifer huge coastal oil terminal, whose construction lasted from 1973 to 1975. The terminal, under the leadership of Grand seaport of Le Havre, is the second French oil port.

SIGHTSEEING

Farm cliffs: Check out aviary, chicken, sheep, goats, rabbits, presentation of large mammals (zebra, donkey, pony, cows dwarfs) in the hamlet of Saint-Jouin Vitreville. Price: 4 euros per child, free for accompanying adults. Enquiries +33 2 35 55 73 85.

Beach of Saint-Jouin: Parking is easy and free; possibility of on-site catering, picnic tables, playground for children, volleyball court ... Dolphins, seals and pelicans regularly visit the beach Saint-Jouin-Bruneval.

The Aquatics Centre Paul Vatine offers tutoring on a catamaran, windsurfing or fun board. Depending on your level, you can also rent this equipment or kayaks.

Baptisms, hiking and initiation jet ski towed buoys and buggy are also available.

Detailed information
Leisure centres	Beach of Saint-Jouin Bruneval

EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

Read at the beach: From Comics in thriller through Seinomarin authors, there are more than 1000 books are available for free during the summer as part of Operation Read at the beach "(proposed by the department of Seine-Maritime). You arrive, you sit and you read as long as you want. Every weekday from 11am to 19h without interruption.

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