Dancourt, Seine-Maritime

Dancourt
Commune
The town hall in Dancourt

Coat of arms
Dancourt
Location within Normandy region
Dancourt
Coordinates: 49°53′38″N 1°32′47″E / 49.8939°N 1.5464°E / 49.8939; 1.5464Coordinates: 49°53′38″N 1°32′47″E / 49.8939°N 1.5464°E / 49.8939; 1.5464
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Luc Morel
Area1 18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 243
 • Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76211 /76340
Elevation 74–209 m (243–686 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 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.

Dancourt 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 Yères in the Pays de Bray, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D16 and the D214 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Dancourt are blazoned :
Azure, on a bend between 2 crescents argent, 3 torteaux (gules).

Population

Historical population of Dancourt, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population284307276307266264243
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

  • A fifteenth-century stone cross.
  • The church of St.Aubin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The chapel of Notre-Dame, at Béthencourt.

See also

References


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