Sainte-Geneviève, Seine-Maritime

Sainte-Geneviève
Sainte-Geneviève
Location within Upper Normandy region  Sainte-Geneviève
Coordinates: 49°39′16″N 1°26′07″E / 49.6544°N 1.4353°ECoordinates: 49°39′16″N 1°26′07″E / 49.6544°N 1.4353°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Saëns
Intercommunality	Saint-Saëns-Portes de Bray
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Josée Hautot
Area^1	14.33 km^2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	279
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76578 / 76440
Elevation	103–231 m (338–758 ft) (avg. 172 m or 564 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.

Sainte-Geneviève (sometimes Sainte-Geneviève-en-Bray) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D1, the D83 and the D915 roads. Three small tributaries of the Béthune River have their source in the land around the commune.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
433	546	348	307	253	251	279
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Geneviève, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chateau of Mainemare and its park.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Sainte-Geneviève on the Quid website (French)