Boissay

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Boissay
Boissay is located in France
Boissay
Boissay
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Boissay is located in Upper Normandy
Boissay
Boissay
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Buchy
Government
 • Mayor Rémy Leroy-Davesne
Area1 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 283
 • Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76113 / 76750
Elevation 114–171 m (374–561 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Boissay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray some 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D87, D93 and the D261 roads.

Population

Historical population of Boissay
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 186 199 203 213 241 268 283
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 church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century dovecote.

See also

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