Étretat

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Coordinates: 49°42′26″N 0°12′27″E / 49.707223, 0.2075

Commune of Étretat
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Arrondissement de Havre
Canton	Canton de Criquetot-l'Esneval
Mayor	Jean-Bernard Chaix (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–102 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area¹	4,07 km²
Population² (1999)	1615
- Density	396/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	76254/ 76790
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Étretat is a commune in the Seine-Maritime département of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 The famous cliffs 4 Noted residents 5 The White Bird 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Geography

Étretat is located on the coast of the Pays de Caux area.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1379	1472	1525	1577	1565	1615
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] The famous cliffs

Étretat is best known for its cliffs, including a famous natural arch. These cliffs and the associated resort beach attracted artists including Eugène Boudin, Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet, and were featured prominently in the 1909 Arsène Lupin novel The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc.

Two of the three famous arches seen from the town are the Porte d'Aval, and the Porte d'Amont. The Manneporte is the third which can not be seen from the town.

[edit] Noted residents

Étretat was the birthplace of Élie Halévy (1870–1937), philosopher and historian.

[edit] The White Bird

Etretat is known for being the last place in France from which the 1927 biplane The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) was seen. French WWI warheroes Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli had been attempting to make the first non-stop flight from Paris to New York, but after the plane's May 8, 1927 departure, it disappeared somewhere over the Atlantic. It is considered one of the great unexplained mysteries of aviation. A monument to the flight was established in Etretat, but then destroyed during World War II, during the German occupation. A new and taller monument was constructed in 1963, along with a nearby museum.^[1]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official site of Etretat
• Alternative site of Etretat
• Insolite in Etretat website of an artist living in Etretat

• Video: Boat trip A tour in a boat to see the cliffs from the sea
• Video: a video clip by an Etretat artist The cliffs at the beginning of day
• 3D view from Google Earth One part of Etretat's cliffs

Étretat	Cliff and natural arch in Étretat	the main Aval cliff, its arch and the needle	seen from the Amont side, in the evening
Amont Door from the beach	The Needle of Arsene Lupin	Chambre des Demoiselles

Coordinates: 49°42′30″N, 0°12′17″E