Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle

Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Commune
The town hall and school in Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Location within Normandy region
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Coordinates: 49°50′05″N 1°43′16″E / 49.8347°N 1.7211°E / 49.8347; 1.7211Coordinates: 49°50′05″N 1°43′16″E / 49.8347°N 1.7211°E / 49.8347; 1.7211
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Andrieux
Area1 14.92 km2 (5.76 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 678
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76739 /76390
Elevation 76–210 m (249–689 ft)
(avg. 89 m or 292 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.

Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of light industry and farming situated on the banks of the Bresle river in the Pays de Bray, some 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D49, D96 and the D60.

Population

Historical population of Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population677750768676713643678
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 church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The twelfth-century donjon of the castle of Mateputenam.
  • The chateau, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

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