La Ferté-Saint-Samson

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La Ferté-Saint-Samson
La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Coordinates: 49°34′44″N 1°31′32″E / 49.5789°N 1.5256°E / 49.5789; 1.5256Coordinates: 49°34′44″N 1°31′32″E / 49.5789°N 1.5256°E / 49.5789; 1.5256
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Forges-les-Eaux
Intercommunality Canton of Forges-les-Eaux
Government
 • Mayor Maurice Defromerie
Area
 • Land1 19.05 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 420
 • Population2 Density 22/km2 (57/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76261 / 76440
Elevation 119–196 m (390–643 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)

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.

La Ferté-Saint-Samson is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D61, the D21 and the D921 roads.

Population

Historical population of La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population382447372319333341420
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The motte and ruins of a feudal castle.
  • An old house dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A nineteenth-century château.
  • The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Samson.
  • The church of St.Pierre, dating from the tenth century.

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