Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-2
Community association	Baie de Somme
Coordinates	50 ° 11 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ N , 1 ° 38 ′ E
height	1-43 m
surface	10.50 km 2
Residents	2,510 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	239 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80230
INSEE code	80721
Website	site officiel de la mairie

Saint-Valery is on the railway line to Abbeville-Noyelles, the Northern Railway and the local railway to Cayeux-sur-Mer

Saint-Valery-sur-Somme ( Flemish : Sint-Walarik ) is a French municipality with 2510 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Abbeville and the Canton Abbeville-2 .

geography

Saint-Valery sur Somme is located at the mouth of the Somme or Canal de la Somme in the English Channel . Saint-Valery is connected to the Paris-Boulogne railway by a branch line and is the seat of a commercial court and several consulates. It has a port that is difficult to protect from silting up and declining traffic, a shipping school and seaside resorts. Up until the 20th century, manufacturing sites for canvas, locksmith and rope goods, fishing and brewing were worth mentioning.

The modern lower town is called La Ferté, the medieval upper town on a hill has the church of St. Martin from the 15th century and the walls of the castle Saint-Valery.

history

In the port of Saint-Valery, the Norman Duke William gathered his invading fleet and army before he translated on September 30, 1066 to conquer England .

Well-known visitors were the painter Edgar Degas and the writers Victor Hugo , Anatole France , Colette , Julien Green and Heinrich Böll .

tourism

There is a 27 kilometer long museum railway in meter gauge along the bay, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme ; it crosses Saint-Valery on the route from Le Crotoy to Cayeux-sur-Mer .