title: Val-de-la-Haye
text: # Val-de-la-Haye
  
  Val-de-la-Haye (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  A forestry and light industrial village situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Rouen on the D 51 road. A car ferry connects with the commune of Petit-Couronne on the opposite bank.
  
  ## Heraldry
  
  | Arms of Val-de-la-Haye | The arms of the commune of Val-de-la-Haye are blazoned : Per pale 1: gules, 2 demi-leopards issuant from the line of division and 2: azure, a boat proper issuant from sinister sailing on a base barry wavy azure and argent, and in chief an imperial French eagle Or grasping a lightning bolt argent; over the per pale line of division, a sword throughout argent garnished proper, the guard has argent blobs at the tips, and is charged with a lozenge argent charged with a Maltese cross; and the pommel is charged with a torteau [gules]; the entire shield fimbriated Or. |
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  ## Population
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1793 | 775 | — |
  | 1800 | 700 | −1.44% |
  | 1806 | 707 | +0.17% |
  | 1821 | 595 | −1.14% |
  | 1831 | 602 | +0.12% |
  | 1836 | 601 | −0.03% |
  | 1841 | 552 | −1.69% |
  | 1846 | 519 | −1.23% |
  | 1851 | 519 | +0.00% |
  | 1856 | 497 | −0.86% |
  | 1861 | 478 | −0.78% |
  | 1866 | 468 | −0.42% |
  | 1872 | 385 | −3.20% |
  | 1876 | 384 | −0.06% |
  | 1881 | 393 | +0.46% |
  | 1886 | 417 | +1.19% |
  | 1891 | 382 | −1.74% |
  | 1896 | 367 | −0.80% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1901 | 359 | −0.44% |
  | 1906 | 331 | −1.61% |
  | 1911 | 372 | +2.36% |
  | 1921 | 397 | +0.65% |
  | 1926 | 370 | −1.40% |
  | 1931 | 437 | +3.38% |
  | 1936 | 434 | −0.14% |
  | 1946 | 582 | +2.98% |
  | 1954 | 765 | +3.48% |
  | 1962 | 729 | −0.60% |
  | 1968 | 754 | +0.56% |
  | 1975 | 669 | −1.69% |
  | 1982 | 715 | +0.95% |
  | 1990 | 805 | +1.49% |
  | 1999 | 789 | −0.22% |
  | 2007 | 746 | −0.70% |
  | 2012 | 716 | −0.82% |
  | 2017 | 710 | −0.17% |
  
  Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  * The church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twentieth century.
  * Vestiges of the thirteenth-century Templars' Sainte-Vaubourg commandery.
  * A commemorative stone column topped with a bronze eagle, built in 1846.
  