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Revision as of 15:59, 12 July 2016
Fongueusemare | |
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Location of Fongueusemare  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Criquetot-l'Esneval |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gérard Leforestier |
| Area 1 | 11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 193 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76268 /76280 |
| Elevation | 37–136 m (121–446 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fongueusemare is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A small farming and woodland village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72 and the D79 roads.
In fiction and popular culture
Literature
Much of the action in André Gide's book Strait Is the Gate is set in the home of the Bucolin family at Fongueusemare.
Heraldry
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The arms of Fongueusemare are blazoned : Azure, two abbot's croziers in saltire, between a garb and 3 gables (from tithing barns) Or
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 123 | 162 | 156 | 160 | 170 | 170 | 193 |
| 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 chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, built in 1927.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fongueusemare.
