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Flag of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 23 October 2025
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Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (1,822 inhabitants, 1,882 ha) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, located in the Pays de Caux.
In 1823, the communes of Saint-Jouin and Bruneval merged to become
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval. From 1912 to 1950, the commune was called
Saint-Jouin-sur-Mer.
The village had traditionnally a dual vocation, both rural and maritime.
During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval
Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components
of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer and
evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942.
France's 2nd largest oil-tanker port (built 1973-1975) and oil depot
of ‘’Havre-Antifer’’ is entirely within the borders of the commune.
In 2009, the municipality, with the support of residents,
symbolically forged a new statue of Marianne to symbolize the local
struggle against the construction of a gas industrial zone and an LNG
port at the foot of the cliffs of the Pays de Caux. Their struggle is
presented by the town hall as opposing the financial interests of
businessmen allied with a few high-ranking officials.
Olivier Touzeau, 23 October 2025
The logo bears the recognizable profile of Marianne. She has been the
national personification of the French Republic since the French
Revolution, as an emblem of liberty, equality, fraternity, and reason,
as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
The flag is white with logo: photo (2018), photo (2016).
Olivier Touzeau, 23 October 2025