Luneray

Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Luneray
Commune
The Protestant temple in Luneray
Coat of arms
Location of Luneray
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Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Auger[1]
Area 1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,166
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76400 /76810
Elevation	66–100 m (217–328 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

Heraldry

Arms of Luneray

The arms of Luneray are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,782	—
1975	1,736	−0.37%
1982	1,807	+0.57%
1990	2,006	+1.31%
1999	2,167	+0.86%
2007	2,091	−0.45%
2012	2,147	+0.53%
2017	2,211	+0.59%
Source: INSEE[3]

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department