Fontaine-le-Dun
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| Coordinates: 49°48′50″N 0°51′03″E / 49.8139°N 0.8508°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
| Intercommunality | CC Côte d'Albâtre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Etienne[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 885 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76272 /76740 |
| Elevation | 44–100 m (144–328 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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-Dun (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lə dœ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
Fontaine-le-Dun is a small
farming town, with associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Dun in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dieppe
, at the junction of the D142 and the D79 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Fontaine-le-Dun are blazoned : Azure, a sword between 2 crescents argent above both a lance head Or, and on a chief gules, a cross argent.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 607 | — |
| 1975 | 641 | +0.78% |
| 1982 | 796 | +3.14% |
| 1990 | 962 | +2.40% |
| 1999 | 978 | +0.18% |
| 2007 | 947 | −0.40% |
| 2012 | 838 | −2.42% |
| 2017 | 903 | +1.51% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
- The eleventh-century church of Notre-Dame
- A sixteenth-century stone cross
- A manorhousedating from the seventeenth century
Notable people
Pierre Giffard, journalist, was born here in 1853.
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine-le-Dun.
- An unofficial website (in French)
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