Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

French commune
name= Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
region=Haute-Normandie
department=Seine-Maritime
arrondissement=Le Havre
canton=Criquetot-l'Esneval
insee=76595
cp=76280
maire= François Auber
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de Communes du Canton de Criquetot-l'Esneval
longitude=0.163611111111
latitude=49.6438888889
alt moy=120 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=137 m
hectares=1 882
km²=18,82
sans=1782
date-sans=2006
dens=95|

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime "département" of the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some convert|14|mi|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 Bruneval on 27/28 February, 1942.

Population

Places of interest

* The 18th century château de La Marguerite.
* The monument commemorating the raid in 1942.
* The church of St.Jouin, dating from the 16th century.
* The cliffs and the beach, a mixture of sand and pebbles.

See also

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

External links

* [http://www.saint-jouin-bruneval.fr/ Official commune website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=16772&req=Saint-Jouin-Bruneval Saint-Jouin-Bruneval on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on October 9th 2008."