Brémontier-Merval

Brémontier-Merval
Commune
The town hall in Brémontier-Merval
Brémontier-Merval
Location within Normandy region
Brémontier-Merval
Coordinates: 49°30′20″N 1°36′40″E / 49.5056°N 1.6111°E / 49.5056; 1.6111Coordinates: 49°30′20″N 1°36′40″E / 49.5056°N 1.6111°E / 49.5056; 1.6111
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC 4 rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) André Fréret
Area1 17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 563
 • Density 33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76142 /76220
Elevation 103–210 m (338–689 ft)
(avg. 181 m or 594 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.

Brémontier-Merval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, 26 miles (42 km) east of Rouen, at the junction of the D84, D284, D21 and D145 roads.

Population

Historical population of Brémontier-Merval
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population355367311265278326563
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.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The seventeenth-century château de Brémontier-Merval.
  • The château de Bellosanne, built in 1827 on the old abbey site.
  • The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Léonard at Merval.
  • The eighteenth-century chapel of St.Marguerite at Bellosanne.

See also

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