Gancourt-Saint-Étienne

Gancourt-Saint-Étienne
Gancourt-Saint-Étienne
Location within Upper Normandy region  Gancourt-Saint-Étienne
Coordinates: 49°32′56″N 1°42′34″E / 49.5489°N 1.7094°ECoordinates: 49°32′56″N 1°42′34″E / 49.5489°N 1.7094°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	Canton of Gournay-en-Bray
Government
• Mayor	Gérard Henry
Area^1	12.48 km^2 (4.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	222
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76297 / 76220
Elevation	98–216 m (322–709 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 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.

Gancourt-Saint-Étienne 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 Bray, some 23 miles (37 km) east of Rouen, at the junction of the D916 and the D8 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gancourt-Saint-Étienne

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	291	313	239	194	208	211	222
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

• A sixteenth century seigneurial manorhouse.
• The seventeenth-century church of St.Etienne.
• The chapel of Saint-Etienne-des-Prés
• A twelfth-century stone cross.
• The twelfth-century church of Saint-Médard at Bouricourt.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Gancourt-Saint-Étienne on the Quid website (French)