Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
Saint- Jouin- Bruneval is a commune with 1848 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- Maritime in the Haute-Normandie region. Administratively, it is assigned to the Canton Criquetot- l'Esneval and the arrondissement of Le Havre.
Geography
Saint- Jouin is located at Cape d' Antifer on the English Channel. On its territory is Antifer, a large oil terminal on the coast, which was built by 1973-1975. This terminal is part of the Grand Port Maritime du Havre. It can discharge supertankers of up to 600,000 tonnes and is the second largest oil port in France.
History
1823 merged the communes of Saint -Jouin and Bruneval to Saint- Jouin- Bruneval. Between 1912 and 1950, named the town of Saint -Jouin -sur -Mer.
Near Bruneval ( French place name La Poterie -Cap- d'Antifer ) a British commando captured with the assistance of French Resistance fighters on February 27, 1942 important components of a "Würzburg " radar of the Wehrmacht. During surgery Biting the troops landed by parachute at night and attacked the German position. With the disassembled components and a technician caught the soldiers returned in boats to England.
As part of the commemoration of the Resistance Bruneval was the site of a famous speech by General Charles de Gaulle, which he kept on March 30, 1947 at the unveiling of a monument there.
Demographics
Economy
Between 1967 and 1975 the Suez Canal was closed due to the tensions in the Middle East and oil tankers had to choose the much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope. In response, larger tankers were put into operation, however, had too much depth to run the old port of Le Havre. Therefore it was decided to build an Outer Harbour in Saint- Jouin- Bruneval. However, the temporal sequence turned out to be unfavorable, because in the years since the opening of the Seaport, the Suez Canal, which is basically not passable for the new supertanker was reopened. To improve the utilization of the port of Saint- Jouin- Bruneval, is planned to convert it into a dock for LNG carriers. This would be associated with re- conversions and a further increase, which has met with some of the local population, violent resistance.
Attractions
- Church (16th century)
- Château de La Marguerite (18th Century)
- Château du Clos des Fees ( bizarre architecture)
Castle La Marguerite
The oil port of Antifer
On the beach of Saint- Jouin
Events
- Fête patronal ( " name day " ) on the first Sunday in July.
- For 24 June 2012, the official inauguration of the Memorial of Bruneval is planned to mark the 70th anniversary of Operation Biting. 30 years before the 40th anniversary was celebrated on a large scale; the then President François Mitterrand and Prince Charles attended.