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Le Tréport | |
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 A general view of Le Tréport | |
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| Coordinates:50°04′N1°22′E / 50.06°N 1.37°E /50.06; 1.37 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Eu |
| Intercommunality | CC Villes Sœurs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Laurent Jacques[1] (PCF) |
Area 1 | 6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,417 |
| • Density | 652/km2 (1,690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76711 /76470 |
| Elevation | 0–103 m (0–338 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Tréport (French pronunciation:[lətʁepɔʁ]) is a port town in theSeine-Maritimedepartment inNormandy,France.
The three adjoining towns of Le Tréport,Eu andMers-les-Bains are known locally as the "Three Sisters".
A smallfishing port andlight industrial town situated in thePays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) northeast ofDieppe at the junction of theD 940, the D 78 and the D 1015 roads. The mouth of the riverBresle meets theEnglish Channel here, in between the high (110 metres or 360 feet) chalk cliffs and the pebbly beach.Le Tréport-Mers station has rail connections to Beauvais. Le Tréport is also asea-side resort and home to a casino.
Le Tréport (the ancientUlterior Portus) was a port of some note in theMiddle Ages, when it experienced several invasions by English forces.[3]
Louis Philippe I twice receivedQueen Victoria at Tréport,[3] in 1843[4] and 1845.[5]
The patronage of Louis-Philippe and his family, residing regularly in Eu, inaugurated Le Tréport as a popular seaside resort. The Parisian upper middle class wasted no time in building villas on the waterfront and led a social life there until the eve of the Second World War. The Tréport-Mers railway station, opened on 12 May 1872, gave Parisians access to the seaside resort and stirred its development. A casino was built in 1896–1897.[3] An electric tramway served the city from 1902, as a corollary of the tourist trade. (The operation of the Eu-Le Tréport-Mers tramway ceased in 1934.)
The British World War I soldier and later author,Arthur Stanley Bullock, who was stationed in Le Tréport after the Armistice in 1918, was captivated by the town, nestling at the bottom of cliffs which could be ascended by 365 steps or by a cliff railway. Bullock recorded in a memoir: "The sea floor must have been covered by multicoloured sands, for on a clear day, looking from the cliffs straight down into the sea, it seemed that one was looking at a vast abstract canvas of blues, yellows, reds and greens." While staying there, Bullock also painted a study of a French fisher girl with a basket on her back.[6]
Under German occupation in 1940–44, the town's inhabitants experienced the hardships and oppression shared by other parts of northern France. This includeddeportation of residents to concentration camps. A college in Tréport was subsequently named after Rachel Salmona, a 10-year-old girl interned in nearby camps at Dieppe and Drancy, before deportation to the more notorious Auschwitz in February 1943. Rachel, her sister, mother, father and grandmother all died as a result of deportation.
To deter Allied landings in the Tréport area, the German Army tunnelled into the sea cliffs, creating several subterranean galleries. (This tunnel complex, which bears the name ofKahl-Burg [French language article], has since been made more accessible and has been opened to visitors.)
Most of the villas in Tréport were destroyed during theNormandy campaign of 1944. The town was liberated by the3rd Canadian Division on 1 September 1944.[7]
Peace was followed by efforts to restore and increase Tréport's appeal as a tourist destination.Reconstructed architecture features prominently on the beachfront.
Until the 1970s, an oyster bed, where visitors could taste the freshest possible seafood, was located at the very end of the pier, just below the cliffs.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 6,328 | — |
| 1975 | 6,816 | +1.07% |
| 1982 | 6,455 | −0.77% |
| 1990 | 6,227 | −0.45% |
| 1999 | 5,900 | −0.60% |
| 2007 | 5,728 | −0.37% |
| 2012 | 5,217 | −1.85% |
| 2017 | 4,870 | −1.37% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
The current mayor of Le Tréport is Laurent Jacques of thePCF political party. He became 1st vice-mayor following the2014 municipal elections (2014-2020). He took over as mayor in January 2016 upon the death of his predecessor Alain Longuent (PCF).
Le Tréport was used as the location for the 2014 French police thrillerWitnesses ("Les témoins"). The series, which was written by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux, starred Thierry Lhermitte and Marie Dompnier. Its style and tempo have been compared toScandinavian noir such asWallander,The Bridge andThe Killing.
It formed the background forFrançois Ozon's 2020 filmSummer of 85.[10]
It is the scene ofDominique Choisy's 2017 filmMy Life with James Dean.
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