Boissay

Boissay
Boissay
Location within Upper Normandy region  Boissay
Coordinates: 49°31′12″N 1°21′30″E / 49.52°N 1.3583°ECoordinates: 49°31′12″N 1°21′30″E / 49.52°N 1.3583°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Government
• Mayor	Rémy Leroy-Davesne
Area^1	6.63 km^2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	283
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76113 / 76750
Elevation	114–171 m (374–561 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Boissay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

It is a farming village situated in the Pays de Bray some 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D87, D93 and the D261 roads.

Population

Historical population of Boissay

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	186	199	203	213	241	268	283
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.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• An eighteenth-century dovecote.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Boissay on the Quid website (French)