Neuf-Marché

Neuf-Marché
Neuf-Marché
Location within Upper Normandy region  Neuf-Marché
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	Canton of Gournay-en-Bray
Mayor	Didier Degry
Statistics
Elevation	77–210 m (253–690 ft) (avg. 85 m/279 ft)
Land area1	17.71 km2 (6.84 sq mi)
Population2	688  (2006)
- Density	39 /km2 (100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76463/ 76220
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.

Coordinates: 49°25′28″N 1°42′59″E / 49.4244444444°N 1.71638888889°E / 49.4244444444; 1.71638888889

Neuf-Marché is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the river Epte in the Pays de Bray, some 26 miles (42 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D915 with the D1 and D19 roads. This commune is the furthest southeast within the department and borders both the Eure and Oise departments.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
538	569	536	514	568	635	688
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the tenth century.
• Traces of a feudal castle.
• Two eighteenth century presbyteries.
• A sixteenth century manorhouse.
• The nineteenth century château of Vardes.
• A monument in the forest of Lyons by Robert Delandre.

People

• Béatrix Beck, author.
• Robert Delandre, sculptor.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Neuf-Marché on the Quid website (French)