Fontaine-le-Bourg
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| Coordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°09′50″E / 49.5633°N 1.1639°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Bois-Guillaume |
| Intercommunality | Inter-Caux-Vexin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dany Lemetais[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,843 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76271 /76690 |
| Elevation | 62–168 m (203–551 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontaine-le-Bourg (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lə buʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A village of
farming and a little light industry, situated by the banks of the Cailly in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen
, at the junction of the D53, D44 and the D151 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Fontaine-le-Bourg are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Gules, a mitre Or; 2: Or a Delmarre-Deboutteville car vert; 3: Or, a weaver's shuttle bendwise vert; 4: gules, a lion Or; all within a bordure compony argent and sable.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,164 | — |
| 1975 | 1,170 | +0.07% |
| 1982 | 1,301 | +1.53% |
| 1990 | 1,420 | +1.10% |
| 1999 | 1,481 | +0.47% |
| 2007 | 1,453 | −0.24% |
| 2012 | 1,533 | +1.08% |
| 2017 | 1,759 | +2.79% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
- Ruins of a 16th-century château.
- A sixteenth century manor house.
- A memorial, erected in 1958 to commemorate an early motor car journey.
- A sixteenth century fountain.
- Old watermills and cotton millsalongside the river.
- A sandstone cross from the seventeenth century.
Notable people
Motor engineer
motor car fitted with a 4 stroke internal combustion engine from here to Cailly
.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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