title: Grainville-la-Teinturière
text: # Grainville-la-Teinturière
  
  Grainville-la-Teinturière (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux, some 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D71, the D75 and the D131 roads.
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  * Vestiges of an 11th-century castle: motte; donjon; moat
  * A museum dedicated to Jean de Béthencourt, explorer, who died at the castle.
  
  ## Twin towns
  
  * Teguise, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
  * Betancuria, Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands.
  