Vatteville-la-Rue

Vatteville-la-Rue is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography
A village of forestry and farming situated in a meander of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 22 mi west of Rouen on the D65 and D40. The area is popular for the hunting of boar and deer. There is also considerable sand and gravel extraction at the large quarries.

Places of interest

 * The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
 * The chapel of St. Maur, also dating from the sixteenth century.
 * Traces of several Roman villas in the forest of Brotonne.
 * The ruins of a castle destroyed in 1123.
 * Vestiges of the chateau of Quesney.
 * A seventeenth-century windmill, in ruins.

People

 * Philosopher Alain Etchegoyen (1951–2007) is buried here.