Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime

Grandcourt
Commune
The town hall in Grandcourt
Grandcourt
Location within Normandy region
Grandcourt
Coordinates: 49°54′54″N 1°29′32″E / 49.915°N 1.4922°E / 49.915; 1.4922Coordinates: 49°54′54″N 1°29′32″E / 49.915°N 1.4922°E / 49.915; 1.4922
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC Londinières
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Claude Henry
Area1 22.44 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 349
 • Density 16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76320 /76660
Elevation 55–204 m (180–669 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 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.

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

Geography

A farming and forestry village which was created from five former parishes at the time of the French Revolution. It is situated by the banks of the Yères river, adjacent to the forest of Eu, in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Dieppe and at the junction of the D14, the D16 and the D149 roads.

Population

Historical population of Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population454528488419337331349
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

Grandcourt War Cemetery
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • Vestiges of an eleventh-century castle motte
  • Grandcourt War Cemetery, containing 58 Second World War burials[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2008003


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