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 (2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Billoré[1] |
| Area 1 | 7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,575 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/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 (French pronunciation: [tot]) 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
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.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 819 | — |
| 1975 | 848 | +0.50% |
| 1982 | 956 | +1.73% |
| 1990 | 1,059 | +1.29% |
| 1999 | 1,084 | +0.26% |
| 2007 | 1,308 | +2.38% |
| 2012 | 1,483 | +2.54% |
| 2017 | 1,559 | +1.00% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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)[4]
Twin towns
- Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
- Monreal del Campo, Spain
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ 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 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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