Paluel

Coat of arms

Paluel

Location within Normandy region

Paluel

Coordinates: 49°50′01″N 0°37′44″E / 49.8336°N 0.6289°ECoordinates: 49°50′01″N 0°37′44″E / 49.8336°N 0.6289°E

Country

Côte d'Albâtre

Government

• Mayor (2006–2008)

Bernard Piednoël

Area¹

10.87 km² (4.20 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

459

• Density

42/km² (110/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

76493 /76450

Elevation

0–96 m (0–315 ft)
(avg. 9 m or 30 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paluel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

A village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D10, D68 and the D79 roads, some 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Dieppe.

The village owes its name to the marshes (in Latin "Palus"), in the lower valley of the Durdent.
A Roman mosaic was excavated in 1849 at a place known as the Rosy.
A church has existed here from 988, under the jurisdiction of the abbey at Fécamp.
The manor of Janville was given to the seigneurs of Paluel by Henri III in 1582.
There was a leper colony here until 1695.
The commune had 638 inhabitants in 1876.
The United States "Lucky Strike" army camp counted 300,000 inhabitants after the offensive against Germany during 1944/45.
In 1977, EDF, the French electricity company, built a nuclear power station, with 4 reactors of 1300MW each. It covers 200 hectares (490 acres) of land within the commune.

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