Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine

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Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine is located in France
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine is located in Upper Normandy
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Clères
Government
 • Mayor (2008 - 2014) René Normand (PR)
Area1 9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 863
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76580 / 76690
Elevation 95–174 m (312–571 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 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.

Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated in the Pays de Caux, some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D53 and the D87 roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
368 472 590 596 675 761 863
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Georges, with vaulted ceilings dating from the sixteenth century.
  • Two manorhouses, at the hamlets of Le Varat and Coquereaumont.
  • A seventeenth century chapel.

See also

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