Sigy-en-Bray

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Sigy-en-Bray
Sigy-en-Bray is located in France
Sigy-en-Bray
Sigy-en-Bray
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Sigy-en-Bray is located in Upper Normandy
Sigy-en-Bray
Sigy-en-Bray
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Argueil
Intercommunality Monts et de l'Andelle
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Louis Gantier
Area1 27.17 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 616
 • Density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76676 / 76780
Elevation 90–228 m (295–748 ft)
(avg. 107 m or 351 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.

Sigy-en-Bray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming commune comprising several villages and hamlets covering a large area of land (27 km²). It is found in the valley of the Andelle river in the Pays de Bray, some 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D13, D41 and D8 roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
535 578 549 533 527 559 616
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, originally an abbey, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The chateau of Imbleval.
  • A fifteenth-century sandstone cross.
  • The church of St. Lucien, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The chapel of St. Vincent at Bois-le-Borgne.

See also

References

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