DIEPPE, (•onnected with AS. dype, Dutch di, fa. depth). .\ seaport in the Depart ment of France, at the mouth of the river Amines, On the English Channel, :13 miles north of Bowen (Map: France, (1 2). Dieppe is situated between two high ranges 01 chalk has tolerably wide. ('11: 111 streets, running parallel to the sea; and the built for the ino-t part of stone and brick, with high, slanting roofs—have a pieturesque appear ance. Its fift4-enth-century castle, now used os barracks, occupies a high cliff at the west end of the town, which it commands, as well as the harbor. which is situated to the northeast and admits Vessels of tons burden. East of the town and connected by a drawbridge lies the little fishing suburb of Pollet, uninviting ill ap pearance, hut interesting from the fart that the differ in language, manners, and ell-Ionis from the rest of l'ilper Normandy, and are supposed to 1,0 of Saxons who settled On the French coast ,luring the Mero vingian period. -knifing the principal buildings; are the elitirches of Saint Jacques and `saint Remy, a museum and ph-lure gallery, and the theatre. The town has several squares, and is adorned by nearly seventy fountains. which tie rive their supply of water from an win•dnet about three !nib s long. Dieppe, being one of principal watering places of France. has a great
ateession of visitors during the summer month.. The manufactilre. are lace, fine linen, tobaceo, paper. :Ind earVed articles of 'horn, bone, and ivory. There are also ship-building yards, sugar refineries, rope-walks, anal distilleries. The fish ing fleet of Dieppe is large and important, and almost all the inhabitants of Pullet are engaged either in the laa•al or Newfoundland fisheries. Dieppe is a favorite landing-place of English tourists visiting France. Population. in IS91, 22,359; in 1901, 22.S39. In the eleventh century Dieppe appears as a mere hamlet, but, after its consolidation with some of the neigh boring villages, it attained considerable impor tance as a trading centre. In 1442 it held out ...wee—fully against a besieging force of English under Talbot. The merchants of Dieppe were early noted for their enterprise, and ships from this port visited Brazil and the East Indies in the sixteenth century. The prosperity of the town was destroyed by the expulsion of the Huguenots, who formed a large proportion of the inhabitants. In 1694 it wa- bombarded by the English and Dutch fleet. and utterly de molished. Though speedily rebuilt. it could not meet the competition of its rival Havre, and failed to regain its lost importance.