Penly

Part of Petit-Caux in Normandy, France

Location of Penly

49°58′49″N 1°13′57″E / 49.9803°N 1.2325°E / 49.9803; 1.2325CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentSeine-MaritimeArrondissementDieppeCantonDieppe-2CommunePetit-Caux Area

4.06 km² (1.57 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

497 • Density120/km² (320/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

76630

Elevation0–129 m (0–423 ft)
(avg. 114 m or 374 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Penly is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.^[2]

Geography

A village of farming and light industry situated by the cliffs of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D313 and the D925 roads, some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Dieppe.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	147	—
1968	143	−0.46%
1975	154	+1.06%
1982	184	+2.58%
1990	306	+6.56%
1999	355	+1.66%
2006	330	−1.04%
Source: EHESS^[3]

Places of interest

The Penly Nuclear Power Plant on the coast, with 2 reactors of 1300MW each.
The church of St. Denis, dating from the twelfth century.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Penly, EHESS (in French).