Varengeville-on-Sea is a common French, located in the department of the Seine-Maritime and the area High-Normandy. Its inhabitants are Varengevillais.

It is known for its marine cemetery where are buried Georges Braque, originator of a stained glass of the church, Georges of Oporto-Rich person, Albert Roussel and Jean-Francis Auburtin (painter)

Geography

Common of the country of Caux , its cliffs go down towards the sea.

History

• August 19th 1942: the men of the 4th British Commando of Lord Lovat unload on the Yellow Beach and take the Hess Battery and its garrison. It will be the only success of the Opération Jubilee.

Administration

Demography

Graph of the evolution of the population 1794-1999

Places and monuments

The Wood of Moutiers is a completely remarkable park of 12 hectares including/understanding, a house, gardens, and a park created by Guillaume Mallet starting from 1898. The house was built in the style Arts & Crafts by the English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens who has, also, built the palate of the viceroy of the Indies with New Delhi. The gardens and the park were drawn by the landscape designer English famous Miss Gertrude Jekyll.

Shamrock is the largest collection of hydrangeas in the world presenting more 1  000 different varieties. This collection is indexed by the French Academy of the specialized vegetable collections (CCVS).

Personalities related to the commune

• Georges Directs, buried with the marine cemetery
• Albert Roussel, buried with the marine cemetery
• Georges of Oporto-Rich person, buried with the marine cemetery
• Jean-Francis Auburtin, painter, deceased in Varengeville
• Paul Nelson architect, buried with the marine cemetery
• Claude Monet, painted several landscapes of Varengeville

See too

• Common of the Seine-Maritime

External bonds

• Site on Varengeville

• Varengeville-on-Sea on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Varengeville-on-Sea on the site of INSEE
• Varengeville-on-Sea on the site of Quid
• Localization of Varengeville-on-Sea on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Varengeville-on-Sea on Mapquest