La Ferté-Saint-Samson

La Ferté-Saint-Samson
La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Location within Upper Normandy region  La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Coordinates: 49°34′44″N 1°31′32″E / 49.5789°N 1.5256°ECoordinates: 49°34′44″N 1°31′32″E / 49.5789°N 1.5256°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Forges-les-Eaux
Intercommunality	Canton of Forges-les-Eaux
Government
• Mayor	Maurice Defromerie
Area^1	19.05 km^2 (7.36 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	420
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76261 / 76440
Elevation	119–196 m (390–643 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 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.

La Ferté-Saint-Samson is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D61, the D21 and the D921 roads.

Population

Historical population of La Ferté-Saint-Samson

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	382	447	372	319	333	341	420
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 motte and ruins of a feudal castle.
• An old house dating from the sixteenth century.
• A nineteenth-century château.
• The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Samson.
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the tenth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• La Ferté-Saint-Samson on the Quid website (French)