Fontaine-le-Bourg

Fontaine-le-Bourg
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Clères
Intercommunality Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen
Mayor Patrick Jolly
Statistics
Elevation 62–168 m (203–551 ft)
(avg. 91 m/299 ft)
Land area1 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population2 1,496  (2006)
 - Density 123 /km2 (320 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76271/ 76690
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontaine-le-Bourg is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Geography

A village of farming and a little light industry, situated by the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen, at the junction of the D53, D44 and the D151 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Fontaine-le-Bourg are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Gules, a mitre Or; 2: Or a Delmarre-Deboutteville car vert; 3: Or, a weaver's shuttle bendwise vert; 4: gules, a lion Or; all within a bordure compony argent and sable.

Population

Historical population of Fontaine-le-Bourg
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 1062 1164 1170 1301 1420 1483 1496
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Notable people

Motor engineer Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville (1856–1901), who, in February 1884, together with Léon Malandin, built and drove a motor car fitted with a 4 stroke internal combustion engine from here to Cailly.

See also

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