Paluel | |
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 Location of Paluel | |
  Paluel  Paluel | |
| Coordinates:49°50′01″N0°37′44″E / 49.8336°N 0.6289°E /49.8336; 0.6289 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
| Intercommunality | CC Côte d'Albâtre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Didier Gaston[1] |
Area 1 | 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 385 |
| • Density | 35.4/km2 (91.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Paluel (French pronunciation:[palɥɛl]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandy region in northernFrance.
A village offarming andlight industry situated by the banks of the riverDurdent in thePays de Caux at the junction of the D10, D68 and the D79 roads, some 20 miles (32 km) southwest ofDieppe.
The village owes its name to the marshes (in Latin "Palus"), in the lower valley of the Durdent.
ARoman 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 atFécamp.
The manor of Janville was given to theseigneurs of Paluel byHenri III in 1582.
There was aleper colony here until 1695.
The commune had 638 inhabitants in 1876.
TheUnited States "Lucky Strike" army camp counted 300,000 inhabitants after the offensive againstGermany during 1944/45.
In 1977, EDF, the French electricity company, built anuclear power station, with 4reactors of 1300MW each. It covers 200 hectares (490 acres) of land within the commune.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 389 | — |
| 1975 | 364 | −0.94% |
| 1982 | 443 | +2.85% |
| 1990 | 383 | −1.80% |
| 1999 | 416 | +0.92% |
| 2007 | 454 | +1.10% |
| 2012 | 457 | +0.13% |
| 2017 | 432 | −1.12% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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