Sainte-Adresse () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, France.
Geography A coastal suburb situated some northwest of Le Havre city centre, at the junction of the D147 and the D940. The English Channel forms the western border of the commune.
Climate
Sainte-Adresse has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Adresse is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Adresse was on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.
Heraldry
Population
History The oldest known name of the commune was "Caput Caleti" mentioned in 1240. It was later known as Saint-Denis-Chef-de-Caux, after an ancient place of worship and its position on the cape. In 1415, Henry V of England landed with his fleet here to claim the throne of France.
In 1905, Georges Dufayel, a Parisian businessman, created a residential seaside resort known as Nice havrais (the "Nice of Le Havre"), at Sainte Adresse. The local architect Ernest Daniel directed operations. Avenue de Regatta, on the waterfront, is designed in the image of Promenade des Anglais, in Nice.
During World War I, Sainte-Adresse was the administrative capital of Belgium.Jean-Henri Calmon et Jean-Clément Martin (dir.), Occupation, Résistance et Libération dans la Vienne en 30 questions, La Crèche, Geste éditions, coll. « 30 questions », 2000 , p. 63, p. 8 The Belgian government-in-exile was installed from October 1914 to November 1918 in the Dufayel Building, named after the businessman, who had built it in 1911. The building had at its disposal a post office that used Belgian postage stamps. As a result, the centre of the town's seal has the Belgian flag.
During World War II, the Germans built several fortifications here for the Atlantic Wall to defend the port of Le Havre.
Places of interest
The church of St. Denis, dating from the nineteenth century. The de la Hève lighthouse A fifteenth-century manorhouse The chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Flots built in 1857 The Pain de sucre, a mausoleum in memory of General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouëttes by his widow Stephanie Rollier, a cousin of Napoleon. The villa of Sarah Bernhardt
Paintings
Claude Monet, La pointe de la Hève, Sainte-Adresse, 1864, National Gallery, London Claude Monet, La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse, 1865, 90.2 × 150.5 cm, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Claude Monet, Jardin à Sainte-Adresse, 1867, 98.1 cm × 129.9 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Claude Monet, La plage de Sainte-Adresse, 1867, Art Institute of Chicago Claude Monet, La côte de Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, La mer à Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, Promenade sur les falaises de Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, Régates à Sainte-Adresse, 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Claude Monet, Les cabanes à Sainte-Adresse, 1868 Claude Monet, Rue à Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, La falaise de Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, Sainte-Adresse, bateau à voile échoué Claude Monet, Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet, Sainte-Adresse, bateaux de pêche sur le rivage Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Maison de pêcheurs à Sainte-Adresse, entre 1830 et 1840, Musée du Louvre, Paris Raoul Dufy, La plage de Sainte Adresse, 1902 Alfred Stevens, La Villa des Falaises à Sainte-Adresse, 1884
People Flavien Belson (born 1987), footballer Fanny Dombre-Coste (born 1956), politician Claudine Loquen (1965–), French painter Sarah Bernhardt, actress, built a property here in the late nineteenth century Caroline Ducey (born 1976), actress, born to a marine pilot and a science teacher here in 1977 Georges Dufayel, Parisian businessman who built the "Nice havrais" resort and the building that still bears his name Henri de Gaulle and his wife Jeanne, parents of Charles de Gaulle, are buried here Alphonse Karr, director of Figaro, launches the first resort in 1841 Prosper Mérimée located the action of his story at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet has painted numerous paintings of the city
See also Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
External links
Official town website The strange World War I tale of Belgium in Normandy (and how a government infuriated its king)