Seine-Maritime - Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a department in the French region Normandy and has the serial number 76. In the north and west the department borders on the English Channel, in the east on the departments Somme and Oise and in the south to the department Your.

Regions

Landscapes

• The northern coast, with the cities of Dieppe and Le Havre.
• The river Hisflowing through Le Havre and the provincial capital Rouen.
• The flat land Pays de Caux

The department is divided into the following three arrondissements:

• Arrondissement Dieppe
• Arrondissement of Le Havre
• Arrondissement of Rouen

places

• Rouen is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
• Le Havre, important port city on the English Channel

• Aumale
• Dieppe
• Elbeuf
• Étretat
• Fécamp
• Harfleur

Other goals

background

language

getting there

By plane

In the department is the 49.5338890.088056Le Havre Airport(IATA: LEH). However, this has not had any scheduled air traffic since 2020.

The nearest airports are in Paris 49.0097222222222.5477777777778Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport(IATA: CDG) and 49.4544442.112778Paris-Beauvais-Tille Airport(IATA: BVA).

By train

Of Paris-St-Lazare ICs run every two hours via Rouen, Yvetot and Breuté / Beuzeville to Le Havre. There are also two-hour ICs that end in Rouen and stop in Oissel on the way. The fastest trains from Paris to Rouen take 1:10 hours, to Le Havre 2:10 hours.

In the street

From the Paris area, the A 13 motorway leads to Rouen. The A 28 and A 29 cross connections from Picardy (Amiens) and the extreme north (Calais) to Rouen and Le Havre. If you are driving to Seine-Maritime from Germany, it makes sense to bypass the greater Paris area extensively and to come from the east on the A 29.

By boat

• Dieppe with ferry traffic from Newhaven. Drive it Transmanche Ferries; A return trip in the main travel season by car and two passengers costs 190 EUR. Travel time is 4 hours.

• Le Havre - ferry from Portsmouth

By bicycle

The European long-distance cycle route runs through Seine-Maritime EuroVelo 4, the one from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, along the English Channel through Dieppe and Le Havre and further to Caen, Cherbourg, to the Mont-Saint-Michel and in the Brittany leads. From Paris there is also the Avenue verte (possibly future EuroVelo 16 Paris – London) through Gisors and the Pays de Bray to Dieppe. Finally, you can also take the Paris – Rouen route, which then winds its way along the Seine as the V33 cycle path to Le Havre.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• The chalk cliffs on the Alabaster Coast (Côte d’Albâtre), especially the bizarre one Falaise d’Aval at Étretat with a naturally shaped arch
• Norman thatched roof houses
• The abbey of Jumièges on the Seine, which Victor Hugo described as the most beautiful ruin in France, about 30 km from Rouen.
• Rouen: Gothic cathedral; Saint-Ouen Abbey; Donjon (defense tower) in which Jeanne d'Arc was interrogated; Gothic Palace of Justice; Clock tower; Old town with half-timbered houses; Art Nouveau main train station
• Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville with the church of the former abbey Abbaye Saint-Georges de Boscherville. about 15 km from Rouen.

activities

Regular events

• That is what happens in Dieppe Festival International des cerfs-volants, the largest organized kite festival in the world. In even years it is carried out in Dieppe in France, in odd years in August in the twin city of the same name in Canada.

kitchen

• duck à la rouennaise
• Fish soup from Dieppe
• Neufchâtel cheese from the city of the same name
• Herring from Le Tréport
• Trout and salmon from the Bresle

nightlife

security

climate

trips

literature

• the novel La Place of Annie Ernaux plays largely in Seine-Maritime. It describes events and changes in French society in the 20th century, especially in relation to the rural population.

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