Saint-Léger-aux-Bois, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Léger-aux-Bois
Commune
The tower of the Duke of Mailly
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois
Location within Normandy region
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois
Coordinates: 49°50′04″N 1°36′42″E / 49.8344°N 1.6117°E / 49.8344; 1.6117Coordinates: 49°50′04″N 1°36′42″E / 49.8344°N 1.6117°E / 49.8344; 1.6117
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Rémy Ternisien
Area1 11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 488
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76598 /76340
Elevation 153–221 m (502–725 ft)
(avg. 210 m or 690 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.

Saint-Léger-aux-Bois is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of forestry, farming and associated light industry situated in the Pays de Bray, at the junction of the D920, the D7 and the D116 roads, some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Dieppe.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
494502528512509455488
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A sixteenth century donjon, the ‘Tour de Mailly’, a 15m diameter round tower.

See also

References


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