Brachy

Brachy
Commune
The church in Brachy
Brachy
Location within Normandy region
Brachy
Coordinates: 49°48′57″N 0°57′02″E / 49.8158°N 0.9506°E / 49.8158; 0.9506Coordinates: 49°48′57″N 0°57′02″E / 49.8158°N 0.9506°E / 49.8158; 0.9506
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Intercommunality CC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor Robert Leseigneur
Area1 11.15 km2 (4.31 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 740
 • Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76136 /76730
Elevation 24–103 m (79–338 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D4, D108 and the D152 roads.

Population

Historical population of Brachy
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population504515567669661683740
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

  • Two ancient manorhouses.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The seventeenth century church of St. Ouen.
  • The church of St. Remy, at Gourel, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A stone cross from the fifteenth century.

See also

References


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