Fontaine-le-Dun
Fontaine-le-Dun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Fontaine-le-Dun  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Fontaine-le-Dun |
| Intercommunality | Entre Mer et Lin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yves Lefrique |
| Area 1 | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 998 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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
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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.
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 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
References
External links
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