Luneray

Luneray
Commune
The Protestant temple in Luneray
Coat of arms
Location of Luneray
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Coordinates: 49°49′45″N 0°54′51″E / 49.8292°N 0.9142°E / 49.8292; 0.9142
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Auger
Area 1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Highest elevation	100 m (330 ft)
Lowest elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Population  (2023)	2,169
• Density	427/km2 (1,110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76400 /76810
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Luneray (French pronunciation: [lunʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70, the D4 and the D27 roads. The commune is also served by the TER railway.

Heraldry

The arms of Luneray are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Per chevron argent and gules; 2: Gules, a chevron between 3 wolf heads Or; 3: Or, 3 lions sable; 4: Argent, 3 ermine spots sable.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century Protestant church. Luneray is one of the few Norman communes to have a significant Protestant population. The first French Sunday school was opened Luneray, August 7, 1814 by Pastor Laurent Cadoret, who built the temple with his parishioners

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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