Bracquemont

Bracquemont is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[2]

Bracquemont
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Bracquemont
Bracquemont
Bracquemont
Coordinates: 49°56′29″N 1°08′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area
1
4.84 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
850
  Density180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76370
Elevation0–97 m (0–318 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the neighbouring town of Dieppe, at the junction of the D100 and the D113 roads. Huge cliffs, overlooking the English Channel, form the commune's northern border

Heraldry

Arms of Bracquemont
The arms of Bracquemont are blazoned :
Argent, a chevron and in canton a mallet sable.

Population

Historical population of Bracquemont
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population495550658786821830926
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • A pre-Roman archaeology site – the “Cité des Limes”.

See also

References


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