Quiberville

Quiberville
Quiberville
Location within Upper Normandy region Quiberville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Offranville
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Government
• Mayor	J-F Bloc
Area1	3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	516
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76515 / 76860
Elevation	0–58 m (0–190 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Quiberville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of tourism and farming situated by the mouth of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D2, the D75 and the D127 roads, some 8 miles (13 km) west of Dieppe. Here, huge chalk cliffs look out over a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Heraldry

The arms of Quiberville are blazoned : Azure, 3 (weavers) shuttles Or, and in chief on an inescutcheon gules, 2 leopards Or, armed and langued azure.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
319	362	399	427	429	467	516
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
• A stone cross dated 1602.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website of Quiberville sailing club (French)
• Quiberville on the Quid website (French)