Monchaux-Soreng

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Monchaux-Soreng
Monchaux-Soreng
Coordinates: 49°56′57″N 1°35′38″E / 49.9492°N 1.5939°E / 49.9492; 1.5939Coordinates: 49°56′57″N 1°35′38″E / 49.9492°N 1.5939°E / 49.9492; 1.5939
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Quénot
Area
  Land1 10.05 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 659
  Population2 Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76441 / 76340
Elevation 27–201 m (89–659 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 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.

Monchaux-Soreng is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated alongside the banks of the Bresle river in the Pays de Bray, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D49, the D149 and the D407 roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
401 438 481 576 644 668 659
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The two churches of St.Martin, both dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A chapel dedicated to St.Milfort.
  • Traces of a feudal castle.

See also

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