Le Fossé is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Forges-les-Eaux.[2]
Le Fossé | |
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Part of Forges-les-Eaux | |
Location of Le Fossé  | |
  Le Fossé  Le Fossé | |
| Coordinates: 49°36′34″N 1°34′23″E / 49.6094°N 1.5731°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Commune | Forges-les-Eaux |
| Area 1 | 10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 490 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 76440 |
| Elevation | 138–227 m (453–745 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editA farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D9 and the D915 roads.
Population
edit| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 386 | 384 | 377 | 303 | 359 | 382 | 458 |
| 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
edit- The church of St.Pierre & St.Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
See also
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