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Critot

commune in Seine-Maritime, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ597222 ↗
Source-derived summary

Critot (French pronunciation: [kʁito]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 32 miles (51 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D12 and the D57 roads. The A28 autoroute borders the commune to the east.

Population

Places of interest

The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Critot” as commune in Seine-Maritime, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Critot, commune and Seine-Maritime.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 68-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Critot, commune and Seine-Maritime providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Critot”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Seine-Maritime, France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q597222. Authority coordinates are 49.612, 1.251. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Critot” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.