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Fongueusemare

Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 0°18′22″E / 49.6792°N 0.3061°E / 49.6792; 0.3061
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Fongueusemare
The town hall in Fongueusemare
The town hall in Fongueusemare
Coat of arms of Fongueusemare
Location of Fongueusemare
Map
Fongueusemare is located in France
Fongueusemare
Fongueusemare
Fongueusemare is located in Normandy
Fongueusemare
Fongueusemare
Coordinates: 49°40′45″N 0°18′22″E / 49.6792°N 0.3061°E / 49.6792; 0.3061
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonOcteville-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityCC Canton de Criquetot-l'Esneval
Government
 • MayorGérard Leforestier
Area
1
11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
193
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76268 /76280
Elevation37–136 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 Normandy 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.

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

Arms of Fongueusemare
Arms of Fongueusemare
The arms of Fongueusemare are blazoned :
Azure, two abbot's croziers in saltire, between a garb and 3 gables (from tithing barns) Or



Population

Historical population of Fongueusemare
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population123162156160170170193
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