Fontaine-en-Bray
| Fontaine-en-Bray | |
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  Fontaine-en-Bray | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Fontaine-en-Bray | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′34″N 1°25′39″E / 49.6761°N 1.4275°ECoordinates: 49°40′34″N 1°25′39″E / 49.6761°N 1.4275°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Saint-Saëns |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Saëns-Portes de Bray |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Isabelle Padé |
| Area1 | 6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 165 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76269 / 76440 |
| Elevation |
100–233 m (328–764 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
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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-en-Bray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A small farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D1, the D114 and the D119 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 211 | 204 | 161 | 140 | 164 | 170 | 165 |
| 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 eleventh-century church of Saint-Sulpice.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine-en-Bray. |
- Fontaine-en-Bray on the Quid website (French)
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