Esclavelles

Esclavelles
Commune
A general view of Esclavelles
Esclavelles
Location within Normandy region
Esclavelles
Coordinates: 49°42′28″N 1°23′21″E / 49.7078°N 1.3892°E / 49.7078; 1.3892Coordinates: 49°42′28″N 1°23′21″E / 49.7078°N 1.3892°E / 49.7078; 1.3892
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC Bray-Eawy
Area1 9.76 km2 (3.77 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 360
 • Density 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76244 /76270
Elevation 90–236 m (295–774 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 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.

Esclavelles 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, some 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D929 and the D114 roads. Junction 10 of the A28 autoroute lies within the commune’s territory.

Population

Historical population of Esclavelles
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population350390348363328308360
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

  • An eighteenth-century presbytery.
  • The fifteenth-century fortified farmhouse, occupied by the English during the Hundred Years War.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

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