Tôtes

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Yves Billoré^[1]Area7.61 km² (2.94 sq mi)Population1,575 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation138–172 m (453–564 ft)
(avg. 158 m or 518 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tôtes (French pronunciation: [tot]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming small market town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 19 miles (31 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 927 and the D 929 roads, formerly route nationale 27 and route nationale 29. Prior to the construction of the autoroute system, it was a strategically important crossroads.

Heraldry

The arms of Tôtes are blazoned : Per pale 1: Gules, 3 geese argent and 2: per fess Or and azure, 3 hammers reversed gules and 3 crosslets argent; overall an inescutcheon Or, on a chief azure, 3 mullets of 5 Or.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	819	—
1975	848	+0.50%
1982	956	+1.73%
1990	1,059	+1.29%
1999	1,084	+0.26%
2007	1,308	+2.38%
2012	1,483	+2.54%
2017	1,559	+1.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth century château.
• The Auberge du Cygne, an inn and staging post of the 15th century.

People

• Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert, French writers, stayed regularly at the inn
• Bernard Monnereau (born 1935), Olympic rower (born in Tôtes)^[4]

Twin towns

• Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
• Monreal del Campo, Spain

See also

• The Auberge du Cygnes(in French)
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References