Sassetot-le-Mauconduit

French commune
name= Sassetot-le-Mauconduit
region=Haute-Normandie
department=Seine-Maritime
arrondissement=Le Havre
canton= Valmont
insee=76663
cp=76540
maire=Eric Scarano
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Valmont
longitude=0.529166666667
latitude=49.8044444444
alt moy=90 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=104 m
hectares=881
km²=8,81
sans=980
date-sans=2005
dens=111|

Sassetot-le-Mauconduit is a commune in the Seine-Maritime "département" of the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.

Geography

A farming village, by the coast of the English Channel, in the Pays de Caux, situated some convert|34|mi|km northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D5 and D79 roads. The commune is sandwiched between two ‘’vallons’’, short valleys that create a gap in the huge cliffs, giving access to the sea via the pebble beach. The name comes from the Norman, "Sax-Tot", meaning ‘’village of the Saxons. Mauconduit was the name of the 13th century seigneurs.

Population

Places of interest

* The church, dating from the 19th century.
* The 18th century château and park of Sassetot
* The 18th century château de Briquedalle
* The château de Criquemanville.
* Three chapels.
* The 16th century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

*Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
*Seine-Maritime
*Normandy

External links

* [http://www.sassetot-le-mauconduit.fr Website of the commune of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=16845&req=Sassetot-le-Mauconduit Sassetot-le-Mauconduit on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on October 10th 2008."