Fongueusemare

Fongueusemare
Commune
The town hall in Fongueusemare

Coat of arms
Fongueusemare
Location within Normandy region
Fongueusemare
Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 0°18′22″E / 49.6792°N 0.3061°E / 49.6792; 0.3061Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 0°18′22″E / 49.6792°N 0.3061°E / 49.6792; 0.3061
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality CC Canton de Criquetot-l'Esneval
Government
 • Mayor Gérard Leforestier
Area1 11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 193
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76268 /76280
Elevation 37–136 m (121–446 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 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.

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

Geography

A small farming and woodland village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72 and the D79 roads.

Literature

Much of the action in André Gide's book Strait Is the Gate is set in the home of the Bucolin family at Fongueusemare.

Heraldry

 The arms of Fongueusemare are blazoned :
Azure, two abbot's croziers in saltire, between a garb and 3 gables (from tithing barns) Or

Population

Historical population of Fongueusemare
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population123162156160170170193
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 chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, built in 1927.

See also

References


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