Sommery
| Sommery | |
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  Sommery | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Sommery | |
| Coordinates: 49°38′07″N 1°26′27″E / 49.6353°N 1.4408°ECoordinates: 49°38′07″N 1°26′27″E / 49.6353°N 1.4408°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Saint-Saëns |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Saëns-Portes de Bray |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serge Alin |
| Area1 | 21.39 km2 (8.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 706 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76678 / 76440 |
| Elevation |
117–236 m (384–774 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 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. | |
Sommery 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 D915, D1 and D7 roads. Three streams within the commune’s territory feed the river Béthune. SNCF railways have a TER station here.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 688 | 735 | 665 | 619 | 583 | 645 | 706 |
| Starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- An eighteenth-century cider press at the seventeenth-century Bray farm.
- The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sommery. |
- Sommery on the Quid website (French)
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