Fontaine-le-Bourg (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn buʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Fontaine-le-Bourg
The church in Fontaine-le-Bourg
The church in Fontaine-le-Bourg
Coat of arms of Fontaine-le-Bourg
Location of Fontaine-le-Bourg
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Fontaine-le-Bourg is located in France
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Fontaine-le-Bourg is located in Normandy
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Coordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°09′50″E / 49.5633°N 1.1639°E / 49.5633; 1.1639
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonBois-Guillaume
IntercommunalityInter-Caux-Vexin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dany Lemetais[1]
Area
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12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,843
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76271 /76690
Elevation62–168 m (203–551 ft)
(avg. 91 m or 299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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A village of farming and a little light industry, situated by the banks of the Cailly in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen, at the junction of the D53, D44 and the D151 roads.

Heraldry

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Arms of Fontaine-le-Bourg
The arms of Fontaine-le-Bourg are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Gules, a mitre Or; 2: Or a Delmarre-Deboutteville car vert; 3: Or, a weaver's shuttle bendwise vert; 4: gules, a lion Or; all within a bordure compony argent and sable.



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,164—    
1975 1,170 0.07%
1982 1,301 1.53%
1990 1,420 1.10%
1999 1,481 0.47%
2007 1,453−0.24%
2012 1,533 1.08%
2017 1,759 2.79%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

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  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
  • Ruins of a 16th-century château.
  • A sixteenth century manor house.
  • A memorial, erected in 1958 to commemorate an early motor car journey.
  • A sixteenth century fountain.
  • Old watermills and cotton mills alongside the river.
  • A sandstone cross from the seventeenth century.

Notable people

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Motor engineer Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville (1856–1901), who, in February 1884, together with Léon Malandin, built and drove a motor car fitted with a 4 stroke internal combustion engine from here to Cailly.

See also

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References

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  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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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