Veauville-lès-Baons

Veauville-lès-Baons
Veauville-lès-Baons
Location within Normandy region  Veauville-lès-Baons
Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 0°46′03″E / 49.6539°N 0.7675°ECoordinates: 49°39′14″N 0°46′03″E / 49.6539°N 0.7675°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Pierre Cornu
Area^1	7.96 km^2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	671
• Density	84/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76729 / 76190
Elevation	118–152 m (387–499 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 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.

Veauville-lès-Baons is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the C5 with the D37 road. The A29 autoroute passes through the commune’s borders.

Population

Historical population of Veauville-lès-Baons

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	301	327	528	672	725	717	671
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Austreberthe, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The chapel of St. Gilles, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross at the crossroads.
• A 30-foot high granite cross, erected in 1874.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Veauville-lès-Baons on the Quid website (French)