Fontaine-le-Dun

Fontaine-le-Dun
Fontaine-le-Dun
Location within Upper Normandy region Fontaine-le-Dun
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor	Yves Lefrique
Area1	5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	998
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76272 / 76740
Elevation	44–100 m (144–328 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Fontaine-le-Dun is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

Fontaine-le-Dun is a small farming town, with associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Dun in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D142 and the D79 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Fontaine-le-Dun are blazoned : Azure, a sword between 2 crescents argent above both a lance head Or, and on a chief gules, a cross argent.

Population

Historical population of Fontaine-le-Dun

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	527	607	641	796	962	978	998
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

2010 = 1117

Places of interest

• The eleventh-century church of Notre-Dame
• A sixteenth-century stone cross
• A manorhouse dating from the seventeenth century

Notable people

Pierre Giffard, journalist, was born here in 1853.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• An unofficial website (French)
• Fontaine-le-Dun on the Quid website (French)