Val-de-la-Haye

Val-de-la-Haye (French pronunciation: [val də la ɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Val-de-la-Haye
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Val-de-la-Haye
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Coordinates: 49°22′41″N 1°00′07″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Canteleu
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Delaporte[1]
Area 1	10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	699
• Density	68.8/km2 (178/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76717 /76380
Elevation	2–119 m (6.6–390.4 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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 forestry and light industrial village situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Rouen on the D 51 road. A car ferry connects with the commune of Petit-Couronne on the opposite bank.

Heraldry

Arms of Val-de-la-Haye

The arms of the commune of Val-de-la-Haye are blazoned : Per pale 1: gules, 2 demi-leopards issuant from the line of division and 2: azure, a boat proper issuant from sinister sailing on a base barry wavy azure and argent, and in chief an imperial French eagle Or grasping a lightning bolt argent; over the per pale line of division, a sword throughout argent garnished proper, the guard has argent blobs at the tips, and is charged with a lozenge argent charged with a Maltese cross; and the pommel is charged with a torteau [gules]; the entire shield fimbriated Or.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 775 —     1800 700 −1.44% 1806 707 +0.17% 1821 595 −1.14% 1831 602 +0.12% 1836 601 −0.03% 1841 552 −1.69% 1846 519 −1.23% 1851 519 +0.00% 1856 497 −0.86% 1861 478 −0.78% 1866 468 −0.42% 1872 385 −3.20% 1876 384 −0.06% 1881 393 +0.46% 1886 417 +1.19% 1891 382 −1.74% 1896 367 −0.80%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 359 −0.44% 1906 331 −1.61% 1911 372 +2.36% 1921 397 +0.65% 1926 370 −1.40% 1931 437 +3.38% 1936 434 −0.14% 1946 582 +2.98% 1954 765 +3.48% 1962 729 −0.60% 1968 754 +0.56% 1975 669 −1.69% 1982 715 +0.95% 1990 805 +1.49% 1999 789 −0.22% 2007 746 −0.70% 2012 716 −0.82% 2017 710 −0.17%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twentieth century.
• Vestiges of the thirteenth-century Templars' Sainte-Vaubourg commandery.
• A commemorative stone column topped with a bronze eagle, built in 1846.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department