Fontaine-en-Bray

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Fontaine-en-Bray
Fontaine-en-Bray is located in France
Fontaine-en-Bray
Fontaine-en-Bray
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Fontaine-en-Bray is located in Upper Normandy
Fontaine-en-Bray
Fontaine-en-Bray
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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)
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

Historical population of Fontaine-en-Bray
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
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

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