Saint-Jouin-Bruneval | |
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 A view of the town centre | |
 Location of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval | |
  Saint-Jouin-Bruneval  Saint-Jouin-Bruneval | |
| Coordinates:49°38′38″N0°09′49″E / 49.6439°N 0.1636°E /49.6439; 0.1636 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Octeville-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | Le Havre Seine Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | François Auber[1] |
Area 1 | 18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,822 |
| • Density | 96.81/km2 (250.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76595 /76280 |
| Elevation | 0–137 m (0–449 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃ʒwɛ̃bʁynval]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandy region in northernFrance.
Afarming village in thePays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) north ofLe Havre, at the junction of the D940, D139 and D111 roads. France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) andoil depot of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.
DuringWorld War II,Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successfulCombined Operations raid to capture components of a GermanWürzburg radar set atLa Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 880 | — |
| 1975 | 913 | +0.53% |
| 1982 | 1,227 | +4.31% |
| 1990 | 1,437 | +1.99% |
| 1999 | 1,576 | +1.03% |
| 2007 | 1,798 | +1.66% |
| 2012 | 1,868 | +0.77% |
| 2017 | 1,869 | +0.01% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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