Fauville-en-Caux

Fauville-en-Caux
Part of Terres-de-Caux
Coat of arms
Location of Fauville-en-Caux
Fauville-en-Caux Fauville-en-Caux
Coordinates: 49°39′15″N 0°35′32″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Commune	Terres-de-Caux
Area 1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	2,319
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76640
Elevation	109–141 m (358–463 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fauville-en-Caux (French pronunciation: [fovil ɑ̃ ko], lit. 'Fauville in Caux') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.

Geography

A small town of farming and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926, D50, and the D149 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Fauville-en-Caux

The arms of Fauville-en-Caux are blazoned : Per pale gules and argent, issuant from a heart argent, the head and neck of a cock azure and tail gules. (the heart forms a stylized body for the rooster)

Population

Historical population of Fauville-en-Caux

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1363	1366	1645	1751	1871	1937	2206
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.Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.

Notable people

• Marius Grout (1903-1946), was a French writer

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department