Sainte-Adresse () 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-Inf� ...

department in the

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Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

, France.

Geography

A coastal suburb situated some northwest of

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

city centre, at the junction of the D147 and the D940. The

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forms the western border of the commune.

Climate

Sainte-Adresse has an

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Adresse is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Adresse was on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.

Heraldry

Population

History

The oldest known name of the commune was "Caput Caleti" mentioned in 1240. Later known as ''Saint-Denis-Chef-de-Caux'', named after an ancient place of worship and its position on the cape. In 1415,

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216–1281 ...

landed with his fleet, to claim the throne of France. Starting in 1905, Georges Dufayel, a Parisian businessman, created a residential seaside resort known as ''Nice havrais'' (the "

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million promenade des Anglais The ''Promenade des Anglais'' (; Niçard: ''Camin dei Anglés''; meaning "Walkway of the English") is a promenade along the Mediterranean coast of Nice, France. It extends from the airport on the west to the ("United States Quay") on the eas ...

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, Sainte-Adresse was the administrative capital of

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

.Jean-Henri Calmon et Jean-Clément Martin (dir.), Occupation, Résistance et Libération dans la Vienne en 30 questions
La Crèche, Geste éditions, coll. « 30 questions », 2000 , p. 63, p. 8 The Belgian government in exile was installed from October 1914 to November 1918 in the Dufayel building, named after the businessman who had built it in 1911. It had at its disposal a post office using Belgian

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s. During

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, the Germans built several fortifications here for the

Atlantic Wall The Atlantic Wall () was an extensive system of coastal defence and fortification, coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defense (military), d ...

, to defend the port of Le Havre.

Places of interest

* The church of St. Denis, dating from the nineteenth century. * The de la Hève

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* A fifteenth-century

manorhouse A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

* The chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Flots built in 1857 * The ''Pain de sucre'', a mausoleum in memory of General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouëttes by his widow Stephanie Rollier, a cousin of

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. * The villa of

Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, ...

Paintings

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ...

, ''La pointe de la Hève, Sainte-Adresse'', 1864,

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current di ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, ''La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse'', 1865, 90.2 × 150.5 cm, Kimbell Art Museum,

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. *

, '' Jardin à Sainte-Adresse'', 1867, 98.1 cm × 129.9 cm,

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. *

, ''La plage de Sainte-Adresse'', 1867,

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, ''La côte de Sainte-Adresse'' *

, ''La mer à Sainte-Adresse'' *

, ''Promenade sur les falaises de Sainte-Adresse'' *

, '' Régates à Sainte-Adresse'', 1867,

. *

, ''Les cabanes à Sainte-Adresse'', 1868 *

, ''Rue à Sainte-Adresse'' *

, ''La falaise de Sainte-Adresse'' *

, ''Sainte-Adresse, bateau à voile échoué'' *

, ''Sainte-Adresse'' *

, ''Sainte-Adresse, bateaux de pêche sur le rivage'' *

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French Landscape art, landscape and Portraitist, portrait painter as well as a printmaking, printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in ...

, ''Maison de pêcheurs à Sainte-Adresse'', entre 1830 et 1840,

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (; 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement. He gained recognition for his vibrant and decorative style, which became popular in various forms, such as textile designs, and public build ...

, ''La plage de Sainte Adresse'', 1902 * Alfred Stevens, ''La Villa des Falaises à Sainte-Adresse'', 1884

People

Flavien Belson Flavien Belson Bengaber (born 22 February 1987) is a French former professional international footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. At international level, he represented Guadeloupe. Career Belson was born in Sainte-Adresse. He prev ...

(born 1987), footballer * Fanny Dombre-Coste (born 1956), politician * Claudine Loquen (1965–), French painter *

, actress, built a property here in the late nineteenth century * Caroline Ducey (born 1976), actress, born to a marine pilot and a science teacher here in 1977 * Georges Dufayel, Parisian businessman who built the "Nice havrais" resort and the building that still bears his name * Henri de Gaulle and his wife Jeanne, parents of

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...

, are buried here * Alphonse Karr, director of '' Figaro'', launches the first resort in 1841 *

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an import ...

located the action of his story at Sainte-Adresse *

has painted numerous paintings of the city

References

External links

Official town website

The strange World War I tale of Belgium in Normandy (and how a government infuriated its king)
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