Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime

Grandcourt
Grandcourt
Location within Upper Normandy region  Grandcourt
Coordinates: 49°54′54″N 1°29′32″E / 49.915°N 1.4922°ECoordinates: 49°54′54″N 1°29′32″E / 49.915°N 1.4922°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Londinières
Intercommunality	Londinières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Henry
Area^1	22.44 km^2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	349
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76320 / 76660
Elevation	55–204 m (180–669 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 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.

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

Geography

A farming and forestry village which was created from five former parishes at the time of the French Revolution. It is situated by the banks of the Yères river, adjacent to the forest of Eu, in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Dieppe and at the junction of the D14, the D16 and the D149 roads.

Population

Historical population of Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	454	528	488	419	337	331	349
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 eleventh century.
• The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Vestiges of an eleventh-century castle motte
• Grandcourt War Cemetery, containing 58 Second World War burials^[1]

See also

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

References

• INSEE

1. http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2008003&mode=1

External links

• Grandcourt on the Quid website (French)