Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle

Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Location within Upper Normandy region Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Aumale
Intercommunality	Canton of Aumale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Andrieux
Area1	14.92 km2 (5.76 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	678
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76739 / 76390
Elevation	76–210 m (249–689 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 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.

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

Geography

A village of light industry and farming situated on the banks of the Bresle river in the Pays de Bray, some 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D49, D96 and the D60.

Population

Historical population of Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	677	750	768	676	713	643	678
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 church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The twelfth-century donjon of the castle of Mateputenam.
• The chateau, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle on the Quid website (French)