What is the lowest-lying town in Normandy?

Heurteauville (Seine-Maritime) is the lowest-lying town in Normandy: its town hall stands at 2 m above sea level.

What are the 10 lowest-lying towns in Normandy?

In order: Heurteauville (2 m), Rives-en-Seine (3 m), Vieux-Port (4 m), Saint-Valery-en-Caux (4 m), Cabourg (4 m), Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (4 m), Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges (4 m), Courseulles-sur-Mer (4 m), Nay (4 m), and Val-de-la-Haye (4 m).

What is the highest town in Normandy?

Chaulieu (Manche) is the highest town in Normandy: its town hall stands at 349 m above sea level. See The highest towns in Normandy.

How many towns in Normandy are ranked?

All of them: the 2,644 towns in Normandy appear in this ranking.

Which elevation is used?

The elevation of the town hall, computed by the IGN elevation service (RGE ALTI terrain model) at the “town hall” point published by geo.api.gouv.fr. No regularly updated official source gives the lowest or highest point of a commune: its summit can be much higher.

Lowest-Lying Towns in Normandy: 2026 Ranking by Elevation

This ranking covers all 2,644 towns in Normandy. At the other end of the ranking, Chaulieu (Manche) comes last with 349 m.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: lowest-lying towns in Normandy

Rank	Town	Department	Town hall elevation (m)	Population
1	Heurteauville	Seine-Maritime (76)	2	291
2	Rives-en-Seine	Seine-Maritime (76)	3	4,065
3	Vieux-Port	Eure (27)	4	49
4	Saint-Valery-en-Caux	Seine-Maritime (76)	4	3,997
5	Cabourg	Calvados (14)	4	3,761
6	Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue	Manche (50)	4	1,664
7	Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges	Seine-Maritime (76)	4	611
8	Courseulles-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	4	4,311
9	Nay	Manche (50)	4	71
10	Val-de-la-Haye	Seine-Maritime (76)	4	695
11	Dives-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	5	5,288
12	Varaville	Calvados (14)	5	1,036
13	Honfleur	Calvados (14)	5	6,824
14	Saint-Arnoult	Calvados (14)	5	1,124
15	Sallenelles	Calvados (14)	5	291
16 tied	Mondeville	Calvados (14)	5	10,552
16 tied	Merville-Franceville-Plage	Calvados (14)	5	2,268
18	La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur	Calvados (14)	5	2,571
19	Le Trait	Seine-Maritime (76)	5	4,733
20	Le Havre	Seine-Maritime (76)	5	168,588
21	Trouville-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	5	4,671
22 tied	Harfleur	Seine-Maritime (76)	5	8,341
22 tied	Isigny-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	5	3,583
24	Le Mont-Saint-Michel	Manche (50)	5	24
25	Touques	Calvados (14)	5	3,960
26	Asnelles	Calvados (14)	5	650
27	Bernières-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	6	2,468
28	Deauville	Calvados (14)	6	3,589
29	Graye-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	6	784
30	Louvigny	Calvados (14)	6	2,662
31	Le Petit-Quevilly	Seine-Maritime (76)	6	22,477
32	La Bouille	Seine-Maritime (76)	6	716
33	Brucourt	Calvados (14)	6	130
34	Le Tréport	Seine-Maritime (76)	6	4,469
35	Étretat	Seine-Maritime (76)	6	1,114
36	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	Manche (50)	6	80,317
37	Liesville-sur-Douve	Manche (50)	6	223
38	Tribehou	Manche (50)	6	536
39	Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray	Seine-Maritime (76)	6	29,760
40	Audouville-la-Hubert	Manche (50)	6	78
41	Géfosse-Fontenay	Calvados (14)	7	132
42	Saint-Pierre-de-Manneville	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	896
43	Barfleur	Manche (50)	7	552
44	Lion-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	7	2,549
45	Carentan-les-Marais	Manche (50)	7	10,375
46 tied	Dieppe	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	28,970
46 tied	Vatteville-la-Rue	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	1,123
48	Langrune-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	7	1,961
49	Grandcamp-Maisy	Calvados (14)	7	1,542
50	Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont	Manche (50)	7	127
51 tied	Criel-sur-Mer	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	2,574
51 tied	Anneville-Ambourville	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	1,166
53 tied	Colleville-Montgomery	Calvados (14)	7	2,618
53 tied	Quillebeuf-sur-Seine	Eure (27)	7	869
55	Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	Seine-Maritime (76)	7	1,551
56	Sahurs	Seine-Maritime (76)	8	1,233
57	Berville-sur-Seine	Seine-Maritime (76)	8	536
58	Anneville-en-Saire	Manche (50)	8	378
59	Réville	Manche (50)	8	1,063
60	Foulbec	Eure (27)	8	650
61	Orival	Seine-Maritime (76)	8	824
62	Elbeuf	Seine-Maritime (76)	8	15,581
63	Granville	Manche (50)	8	13,143
64	Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie	Seine-Maritime (76)	8	3,311
65	Beuzeville-la-Bastille	Manche (50)	8	150
66	Hermanville-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	9	3,375
67	Émiéville	Calvados (14)	9	632
68	Pont-Audemer	Eure (27)	9	10,303
69	Lillebonne	Seine-Maritime (76)	9	8,651
70	Igoville	Eure (27)	9	1,715
71	Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains	Calvados (14)	9	443
72	Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet	Calvados (14)	9	295
73	Genêts	Manche (50)	9	455
74	Tourville-la-Rivière	Seine-Maritime (76)	9	2,617
75	Ponts-et-Marais	Seine-Maritime (76)	9	799
76	Criquebeuf-sur-Seine	Eure (27)	9	1,580
77	Lessay	Manche (50)	9	2,332
78	Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	9	2,138
79	Giberville	Calvados (14)	9	5,117
80	Airel	Manche (50)	9	522
81	Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles	Seine-Maritime (76)	9	1,831
82	Sainte-Colombe	Manche (50)	9	184
83	Victot-en-Auge	Calvados (14)	9	151
84	Reviers	Calvados (14)	10	638
85	Surtainville	Manche (50)	10	1,192
86	Duclair	Seine-Maritime (76)	10	4,048
87	Poses	Eure (27)	10	1,146
88	Beuvron-en-Auge	Calvados (14)	10	207
89	Longueil	Seine-Maritime (76)	10	512
90	Saint-Germain-sur-Ay	Manche (50)	10	942
91	Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	Eure (27)	10	763
92	Le Ham	Manche (50)	10	315
93	Caen	Calvados (14)	10	111,546
94	Port-en-Bessin-Huppain	Calvados (14)	10	1,888
95	Hautot-sur-Seine	Seine-Maritime (76)	10	403
96	Jullouville	Manche (50)	10	2,475
97	Romilly-sur-Andelle	Eure (27)	10	3,275
98	Val-de-Reuil	Eure (27)	10	13,566
99	Graignes-Mesnil-Angot	Manche (50)	10	891
100	Porte-de-Seine	Eure (27)	11	213

Source: IGN, Géoplateforme elevation service (RGE ALTI); geo.api.gouv.fr (town hall position); elevation of the town hall of each commune. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The lowest-lying towns in Normandy

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