Brémontier-Merval

Brémontier-Merval
Brémontier-Merval
Location within Upper Normandy region  Brémontier-Merval
Coordinates: 49°30′20″N 1°36′40″E / 49.5056°N 1.6111°ECoordinates: 49°30′20″N 1°36′40″E / 49.5056°N 1.6111°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	Canton of Gournay-en-Bray
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Fréret
Area^1	17.17 km^2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	563
• Density	33/km^2 (85/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76142 / 76220
Elevation	103–210 m (338–689 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 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.

Brémontier-Merval is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, 26 miles (42 km) east of Rouen, at the junction of the D84, D284, D21 and D145 roads.

Population

Historical population of Brémontier-Merval

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	355	367	311	265	278	326	563
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 sixteenth century.
• The seventeenth-century château de Brémontier-Merval.
• The château de Bellosanne, built in 1827 on the old abbey site.
• The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Léonard at Merval.
• The eighteenth-century chapel of St.Marguerite at Bellosanne.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Brémontier-Merval on the Quid website (French)