Grainville-la-Teinturière

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) René Vimont^[1]Area18.41 km² (7.11 sq mi)Population1,072 • Density58/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation25–142 m (82–466 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grainville-la-Teinturière (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛ̃vil la tɛ̃tyʁjɛːʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux, some 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D71, the D75 and the D131 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	801	—
1975	860	+1.02%
1982	882	+0.36%
1990	964	+1.12%
1999	990	+0.30%
2007	1,045	+0.68%
2012	1,066	+0.40%
2017	1,078	+0.22%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Vestiges of an 11th-century castle: motte; donjon; moat
• A museum dedicated to Jean de Béthencourt, explorer, who died at the castle.

Twin towns

• Teguise, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
• Betancuria, Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References