Everything about Dieppe Seine-maritime totally explained
Dieppe is a town and
commune in the
Seine-Maritime department and
Haute-Normandie region of
France. At the 1999 census the town had 34,653 inhabitants (
Dieppois), while the population of the whole Dieppe
urban area (
aire urbaine) was 81,419.
A
port on the
English Channel, famous for its
scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the
Gare Maritime to
Newhaven in
England, Dieppe also has a popular
pebbled
beach, a 15th-century
castle and the
churches of
Saint Jacques and
Saint Rémi.
Geography
Dieppe belongs to the
Pays de Caux region of France.
History
First recorded as a small
fishing settlement in 1030, Dieppe was an important prize fought over during the
Hundred Years' War. Dieppe housed the most advanced French school of
cartography in the 16th century, and was the premier port of the kingdom in the 17th century. On
July 23, 1632, 300
colonists heading to
New France departed from Dieppe. At the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Dieppe lost 3000 of its
Huguenot citizens, who fled abroad.
Dieppe was an important target in
wartime; the town was largely destroyed by an
Anglo-
Dutch naval bombardment in 1694. Rebuilt after 1696, it was popularised as a
seaside resort following the 1824 visit of the widowed
Duchess of Berry,
Charles X's daughter-in-law. She encouraged the building of the recently-renovated municipal
theater, the
Petit-Theatre (1825), associated particularly with
Camille Saint-Saëns.
During the later nineteenth century, Dieppe became popular with English artists as a
beach resort. Prominent literary figures such as
Arthur Symons loved to keep up with the latest fads of avant-garde France here, and during "the season" sometimes stayed for weeks on end.
The
Dieppe Raid in the
Second World War became known as a bloody battle, and a costly one for the
Allies. On
August 19, 1942 Allied soldiers, mainly
Canadian, landed at Dieppe in the hope of occupying the town for a short time, gaining intelligence and drawing the
Luftwaffe into open battle. The Allies suffered more than 1,400 deaths, 1,946 Canadian soldiers were captured, and no major objectives were achieved.
Dieppe, New Brunswick (previously Léger Corner) received its present name in 1946, in honour of the Canadian soldiers killed in the Dieppe Raid.
Famous people
Louis de Broglie, a
Nobel Prize-winning physicist, was born in Dieppe.
Emmanuel 'Manu' Petit, a World Cup-winning footballer, is from Dieppe.
St.
Jean de LaLande SJ, a seventeeth century Jesuit brother who was martyred by the Iroquois Indians in present-day New York State.
St.
Antoine Daniel SJ, martyr and saint.
Jean (Johan) Cossin(s), one of the first to show the Sinusoidal projection, he used it for a world map of 1570.
Historical images of Dieppe
Image:Dieppe-port.jpg|View of Dieppe's Grand quai
Image:Boillot-ACF-GP1912.jpg|Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe
Image:Carl Spitzweg 051.jpg|Carl Spitzweg's painting Frauenbad in Dieppe III
Image:Frits Thaulow-Fra Dieppe med elven Arques.jpg|Frits Thaulow's Fra Dieppe med elven Arques (From Dieppe with the river Arques)
Image:Nicolae Vermont - Plaja (la Dieppe).jpg|Nicolae Vermont's painting View of Dieppe's beach (1929)
Sights
The
castle,
Château de Dieppe, which survived the 1694 bombardment, is now a museum and exhibition space, with a strong maritime collection. A rich collection of 17th- and 18th century
ivory carvings, including lacy folding fans, for which Dieppe was known, and the furnishings and papers of Camille Saint-Saens. The castle's interior courtyard is picturesque.
At the
Square du Canada, near the castle in a park at the western end of the Esplanade, there's a monument erected by the town commemorating the long relationship between Dieppe and
Canada. The events recorded begin with the early 16th century, and culminate with the Dieppe Raid and the liberation of Dieppe by Canadians on
September 1, 1944. The base of the monument is inscribed with the words "
nous nous souvenons" ("we remember"). Above the monument, the
Canadian Maple Leaf flag is flown side-by-side with that of France.
Some of the Canadian soldiers who were killed are buried in the
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, in the
commune of
Hautôt-sur-Mer south of Dieppe.
Images of Dieppe today
Image:CastleDieppe.JPG|Château-musée de Dieppe
Image:Château-musée de Dieppe.jpg|Château-musée
Image:Dieppe.JPG|The harbour
Image:Dieppe2.JPG|The waterfront
Transport
Dieppe has a ferry port, directly linked with the town of Newhaven, situated at the mouth of the river Ouse in East Sussex.
Current services
- Transmanche Ferries (Newhaven x 4 sailings daily)
Former services
Hoverspeed (Newhaven x 3 sailings daily). Withdrawn in 2004.
P&O Stena Line (Newhaven x 3 sailings daily). Withdrawn in 1999.
The town also has a railway station, operated by SNCF.
Twin towns
Dieppe has several twin towns, including:
- Grimsby (England)
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