Drosay

Drosay
Drosay
Location within Upper Normandy region  Drosay
Coordinates: 49°47′42″N 0°44′29″E / 49.795°N 0.7414°ECoordinates: 49°47′42″N 0°44′29″E / 49.795°N 0.7414°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Lefrancois
Area^1	6.43 km^2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population (2007)^2	225
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76221 / 76460
Elevation	63–129 m (207–423 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D75, D108 and the D107 roads.

Population

Historical population of Drosay

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007
Population	161	203	169	193	174	186	216	225
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

In 2007, the number of housing units in Drosay was 104. Of these, 83 were main residences, 20 were secondary homes, and 1 was vacant.^[1]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chapel of St.Roch, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

1. "Town of Drosay". Map-France. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

External links

• Drosay on the Quid website (French)