Bosc-Hyons

Bosc-Hyons
Commune
Bosc-Hyons
Location within Normandy region
Bosc-Hyons
Coordinates: 49°26′56″N 1°39′31″E / 49.4489°N 1.6586°E / 49.4489; 1.6586Coordinates: 49°26′56″N 1°39′31″E / 49.4489°N 1.6586°E / 49.4489; 1.6586
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC 4 rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2008-2014) Michel Fisset
Area1 5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 410
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76124 /76220
Elevation 182–229 m (597–751 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 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.

Bosc-Hyons is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 25 miles (40 km) east of Rouen, at the junction of the D 916 and the D 1 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bosc-Hyons
Year19621968197519821990199920062011
Population129187216225287311317410
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.Michel, dating from the twelfth century.
  • An eighteenth-century stone cross.
  • Menhirs

See also

References


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