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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Canton
  
Bacqueville-en-Caux

Area
  
5.08 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:41 AM

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Dieppe

Intercommunality
  
Saâne et Vienne

Population
  
2,167 (1999)

Luneray

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 91% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Luneray, France

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners

    • References

    Luneray Wikipedia
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