Gaillefontaine

Gaillefontaine
Gaillefontaine
Location within Upper Normandy region Gaillefontaine
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Forges-les-Eaux
Intercommunality	Canton of Forges-les-Eaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dany Guesdon
Area1	26.23 km2 (10.13 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,417
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76295 / 76870
Elevation	143–246 m (469–807 ft) (avg. 246 m or 807 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.

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

Geography

A small town of farming, forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Béthune in the Pays de Bray, some 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D919, the D9 and the D135 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gaillefontaine

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1232	1452	1503	1373	1446	1460	1417
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 St.Jean-Baptiste at the hamlet of Noyers.
• The eleventh-century church of St.Maurice.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• Some 17th-century remains of the abbey.
• The remains of the 11th-century castle.
• The château at Saint-Maurice
• The château de Gaillefontaine, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Several old houses, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official commune website (French)
• Gaillefontaine on the Quid website (French)