Criquebeuf-en-Caux

Criquebeuf -en- Caux is a commune of 360 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Seine- Maritime in the Haute-Normandie region.

Geography

The place is between yport and Dieppe at the Alabaster Coast in the Pays de Caux. There are of the high tipping here do not have direct access to the sea. These are located in the neighboring ravines of yport and the hamlet Grainval, in the municipality of Saint- Léonard. Due to the location of GR leads 21

History

The Norman place name goes back to the Scandinavian names Kirkja (church) and buth ( house, settlement ). The oldest traces of settlement remains of a Roman ditch and a medieval moth were found in the vicinity of the present church. The bell tower of the Saint-Martin church dates back to the Middle Ages. The nave was rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries from the local flint of the chalk cliffs.

Population Development

1842 yport separated from Criquebeuf, so that the place had in 1846 only 263 inhabitants. Yport counted 1412 inhabitants in the same year.