Vatteville-la-Rue

Commune in Normandy, France

Vatteville-la-Rue (French pronunciation: [vatvil la ʁy]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of forestry and farming situated in a meander of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) west of Rouen on the D65 and D40. The area is popular for the hunting of boar and deer. There is also considerable sand and gravel extraction at the large quarries.

Heraldry

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The chapel of St. Maur, also dating from the sixteenth century.
• Traces of several Roman villas in the forest of Brotonne.
• The ruins of a castle destroyed in 1123.
• Vestiges of the chateau of Quesney.
• A seventeenth-century windmill, in ruins.

People

• Philosopher Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007) is buried here.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE