Tôtes

Tôtes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography
A farming small market town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 19 mi south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 927 and the D 929 roads, formerly route nationale 27 and route nationale 29. Prior to the construction of the autoroute system, it was a strategically important crossroads.

Places of interest

 * The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
 * The nineteenth century château.
 * The Auberge du Cygne, an inn and staging post of the 15th century.

People

 * Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert, French writers, stayed regularly at the inn
 * Bernard Monnereau (born 1935), Olympic rower (born in Tôtes)

Twin towns

 * Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
 * Monreal del Campo, Spain