Tôtes
Tôtes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A farming small market town situated in the Pays de Caux, some south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 927 and the D 929 roads, formerly route nationale 27 and route nationale 29. Prior to the construction of the autoroute system, it was a strategically important crossroads.Places of interest
- The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth century château.
- The Auberge du Cygne, an inn and staging post of the 15th century.
People
- Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert, French writers, stayed regularly at the inn
- Bernard Monnereau, Olympic rower
Twin towns
- Bleckede, Germany, since 1977.
- Monreal del Campo, Spain