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Dénestanville

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Canton
  
Longueville-sur-Scie

Area
  
2.69 km²

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Dieppe

Intercommunality
  
CC Terroir de Caux

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:35 PM

Dénestanville

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 96% Humidity

Dénestanville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Contents

Map of 76590 D%C3%A9nestanville, France

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D107 and the D3 roads.

History

Danestanvilla 1051, Donestanville 1088, Dunestanvilla 1142. Dunstan's farm, name of an Anglo-Saxon farmer who came from danelaw with the danes, probably in the 10th century, to settle in Normandy. Seat of the family de Dunstanville. See Reginald de Dunstanville.

Places of interest

  • A château.
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • References

    Dénestanville Wikipedia