Dancourt, Seine-Maritime

Dancourt is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Dancourt
The town hall in Dancourt
Coat of arms
Location of Dancourt
Dancourt
Dancourt
Coordinates: 49°53′38″N 1°32′47″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonEu
IntercommunalityCC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Luc Morel
Area
1
18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
229
  Density13/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76211 /76340
Elevation74–209 m (243–686 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 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 by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Bray, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D16 and the D214 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Dancourt
The arms of Dancourt are blazoned :
Azure, on a bend between 2 crescents argent, 3 torteaux (gules).

Population

Historical population of Dancourt, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population284307276307266264243
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • A fifteenth-century stone cross.
  • The church of St. Aubin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The chapel of Notre-Dame, at Béthencourt.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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