| 词条 | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
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|name = Saint-Valery-en-Caux |commune status = Commune |image = 0 Saint-Valery-en-Caux - Port et centre-ville.JPG |caption = The marina and town centre |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Valery-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime).svg |region = Normandy |department = Seine-Maritime |arrondissement = Dieppe |canton = Saint-Valery-en-Caux |INSEE = 76655 |postal code = 76460 |mayor = Dominique Chauvel |term = 2014–2020 |intercommunality = CC Côte d'Albâtre |coordinates = {{coord|49.861|0.710|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 5 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 80 |area km2 = 10.47 |population = 4209 |population date = 2015 }} Saint-Valery-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. {{clear left}}GeographyA small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|20|mi|km}} west of Dieppe at the junction of the D53, D20, D79 and the D925 roads. Here, huge chalk cliffs rise up from the pebble beach (sandy at low tide) to overlook the English Channel. The SNCF station is no longer in use and the only way to get out of this beautiful town is by bus - which are few and far between. HistoryIt is said to have been founded by Saint Valery in the 7th century. A monastery was built on the site of the present-day town and was known as ‘’’Sanctum Walaricum’’’ in 990 CE, according to the charter in which Richard I, Duke of Normandy, gave the town (part of his personal property) to the abbey of Fecamp. A busy fishing port from the 13th to the 17th century, its decline was due to the growth of the much larger port of Fecamp, to the west. It is perhaps best known as the place where the Scottish 51st (Highland) Infantry Division commanded by Major General Victor Fortune and French troops surrendered to Erwin Rommel on June 12, 1940. The town was largely destroyed in the fighting in 1940. During the action, French cavalry on horseback faced German panzer tanks.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} (Cavalry were used for reconnaissance and marauding, not frontal attack). Saint-Valéry-en-Caux was liberated on 11 September 1944 by the 51st Highland division.[1] On 17 January 1945, the railway station was destroyed when a runaway train full of American troops crashed into it. Eighty-nine American soldiers were killed and 152 were injured.[2] A lively and interesting little town that boasts a casino, waterpark and the maximum four flowers on the France in Bloom placards. Tourism now accounts for much of the town's prosperity. Heraldry{{Blazon-arms|img1=Blason ville fr Saint-Valery-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime).svg |legend1=Arms of Saint-Valery-en-Caux |text=The arms of Saint-Valery-en-Caux are blazoned : Azure, 2 dolphins addorsed argent. }} Population{{Demography|1962 = 2905 |1968 = 3089 |1975 = 3274 |1982 = 5501 |1990 = 4595 |1999 = 4782 |2006 = 4733 |withoutdoublecount = 1962 }} Places of interest
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1. ^Armées.com - Ossian Seipel's Memoirs ch 7 2. ^Russell C. Eustice Recalls the Troop Train 2980 Tragedy at St. Valery-en-Caux During World War II External links{{Commons category|Saint-Valery-en-Caux}}
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