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Bures-en-Bray

Summary

Bures-en-Bray (French pronunciation: [byʁ ɑ̃ bʁɛ], literally Bures in Bray) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Bures-en-Bray
Commune
The church in Bures-en-Bray
The church in Bures-en-Bray
Location of Bures-en-Bray
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Bures-en-Bray
Bures-en-Bray
Bures-en-Bray is located in Normandy
Bures-en-Bray
Bures-en-Bray
Coordinates: 49°46′44″N 1°20′09″E / 49.7789°N 1.3358°E / 49.7789; 1.3358
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonNeufchâtel-en-Bray
IntercommunalityCC Londinières
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacky Lévêque[1]
Area
1
10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
329
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76148 /76660
Elevation47–201 m (154–659 ft)
(avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
Websitewww.buresenbray.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography edit

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D1 with the D114 and D12 roads. The river Béthune flows through the middle of the village.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 434—    
1975 343−3.31%
1982 301−1.85%
1990 318+0.69%
1999 266−1.96%
2007 316+2.18%
2012 326+0.63%
2017 323−0.18%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest edit

  • The church of St. Aignan, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The sixteenth century manorhouse de Tourpes.
  • The motte of a feudal castle from the twelfth century.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Decorde, Jean-Eugène (1872). "Histoire de Bures-en-Bray".

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bures-en-Bray.
  • Bures-en-Bray sur le site de l'Institut géographique national (in French)
  • Histoire de Bures-en-Bray par J.-E. DeCorde. (in French)