Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Commune
A view of the town centre
Location of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 0°09′49″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonOcteville-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityLe Havre Seine Métropole
Government
 • MayorFrançois Auber
Area
1
18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,869
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76595 /76280
Elevation0–137 m (0–449 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) and oil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.

History

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.

Population
Historical population of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population8178809131227143715761808
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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