Bacqueville-en-Caux

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Étienne Delarue^[1]Area12.19 km² (4.71 sq mi)Population1,900 • Density160/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation45–124 m (148–407 ft)
(avg. 92 m or 302 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bacqueville-en-Caux (French pronunciation: [bakvil ɑ̃ ko], literally Bacqueville in Caux) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the valley of the river Vienne, in the Pays de Caux, situated some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D149 and D23 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,665	—
1975	1,605	−0.52%
1982	1,707	+0.88%
1990	1,640	−0.50%
1999	1,640	+0.00%
2007	1,789	+1.09%
2012	1,840	+0.56%
2017	1,901	+0.65%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

The Baskervilles in England come from this village, called sometimes Baskervilla, Bascervilla in ancient records.^[4] (Fictional references include the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.) Robert de Bascheville or de Baskeville received lands in Herefordshire after the Battle of Hastings and he held Eardisley Castle in that county.

Heraldry

The arms of Bacqueville-en-Caux are blazoned : Or, 3 hammers gules.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century
• The twentieth century war memorial
• Two 13th-century stone crosses
• The church of St. Eutrope, dating from the nineteenth century
• The park and château of Bacqueville dating from the eighteenth century
• Two 16th century manorhouses
• A seventeenth century presbytery

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References