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Saint Laurent de Brèvedent

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

INSEE/Postal code
  
76596 /76700

Population
  
1,489 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Le Havre

Region
  
Normandy

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
7.78 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:28 PM

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Canton
  
Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc

Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 80% Humidity

Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Map of Saint-Laurent-de-Br%C3%A8vedent, France

Geography

A village of farming and forestry, by the banks of the St.Laurent river, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D34, D234 and D111 roads. The commune has a TER railway station and a reservoir providing water for the city of Le Havre.

History

The village is named after Lawrence of Rome, patron of the village church. The word "Brévedent" probably has its origins in an early Germanic language as beber (beaver) and daum (river), which can be translated as "beaver river" .
The village grew during medieval times, with the construction of the first church in the 12th century. Only the original tower still remains, the rest having been completely rebuilt between 1865 and 1879.
Unusually, a school has existed here since the Middle Ages, even if it functioned erratically. It was replaced by a new building in 1789, during the French Revolution, then again in 1892 and finally rebuilt in 1994.
The commune enjoyed considerable tourism during the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, as the opening of the railway station in 1847 allowed the residents of Le Havre to spend weekends here in holiday villas, some of which can still seen in the district of Catillon (now nicknamed the "Riviera").
During the Second World War the area, with the calm of the countryside, became a place of refuge for the people of Le Havre, with its proximity and ease of access, far from the industrial and military targets of the large port.

Places of interest

  • The nineteenth-century chateau of Aplemont.
  • William Malet a companion of William the Conqueror, built himself a castle at Graville and a Motte-and-bailey Castle in Aplemont, France (Normandy).
  • The church of St. Laurent, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The reservoir and the woods.
  • References

    Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent Wikipedia