Berville-en-Caux (, literally ''Berville in Caux''; before 2017: ''Berville'')Décret n° 2017-1744 22 December 2017 is a commune in the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Infér ...
Normandy
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region
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in north-western
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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village situated in the
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs ...
, some northwest of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...
, at the junction of the D67 and the D27 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Saint-Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
* The eighteenth century chapel of Saint-Gilles.