Blangy-sur-Bresle

Blangy-sur-Bresle

Blangy railway station

Coat of arms
Blangy-sur-Bresle

Coordinates: 49°55′57″N 1°37′46″E / 49.9325°N 1.6294°ECoordinates: 49°55′57″N 1°37′46″E / 49.9325°N 1.6294°E
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Claude Vialaret
Area1 17.45 km2 (6.74 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 2,971
  Density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76101 / 76340
Elevation 42–216 m (138–709 ft)
(avg. 49 m or 161 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.

Blangy-sur-Bresle is a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.

Geography

Blangy is a small town situated in the valley of the River Bresle – which here forms the border between Normandy and Picardie – some 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Dieppe in the Pays de Bray. Forestry, farming, and light industry are the main economic activities. The town lies on the D49 and the D928 roads close to junction 5 of the A29 motorway. There is an SNCF railway station from which TER services run to Beauvais and Le Tréport.

Heraldry

The arms of Blangy-sur-Bresle are blazoned :
Argent, a lion sable, armed and langued gules.

Population

Historical population of Blangy-sur-Bresle
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population2925333634043456344734043221
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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