Travel Guide Sainneville

The toponymy of Sainneville is simple: it refers to the good land that is there, that is cultivated there, and the life that comes with it. This is the opportunity, in Sainneville, to question the origin of these typically Norman names of communes. The suffix "city" is of Gallo-Roman origin. It was taken over by the Anglo-Scandinavian settlers who settled in the region in the 10th century. It refers to a rural domain that will give the word "vile", naughty, or peasant. The prefixes of Norman toponymy are often derived from Norse, either from common names or from proper names relating to their Scandinavian owner. For hikers, the Garenne circuit (12 km, 3 hours) passes through Sainneville.