La Fontelaye
| La Fontelaye | |
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  La Fontelaye | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  La Fontelaye | |
| Coordinates: 49°41′49″N 0°57′14″E / 49.6969°N 0.9539°ECoordinates: 49°41′49″N 0°57′14″E / 49.6969°N 0.9539°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Tôtes |
| Intercommunality | Trois Rivières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Caroline Dupuy |
| Area1 | 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 35 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76274 / 76890 |
| Elevation |
91–157 m (299–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
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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 Fontelaye is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A very small farming village situated by the banks of the Saâne river in the Pays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D303 and the D23 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 40 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 35 |
| 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 seventeenth century château built on the ruins of an earlier castle.
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Fontelaye. |
- La Fontelaye on the Quid website (French)
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