Bures-en-Bray

Bures-en-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
Location of Bures-en-Bray
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Coordinates: 49°46′44″N 1°20′09″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Londinières
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacky Lévêque
Area ^1	10.99 km^2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	323
• Density	29/km^2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76148 /76660
Elevation	47–201 m (154–659 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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 Béthune River flows through the middle of the village.

Population

Historical population of Bures-en-Bray

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	428	434	343	301	318	266	313
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 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.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Decorde, Jean-Eugène (1872). "Histoire de Bures-en-Bray".

External links

• Site officiel de la mairie de Bures-en-Bray (in French)
• Bures-en-Bray sur le site de l'Institut géographique national (in French)
• Histoire de Bures-en-Bray par J.-E. DeCorde. (in French)