Fongueusemare

Fongueusemare
Fongueusemare
Location within Upper Normandy region Fongueusemare
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Criquetot-l'Esneval
Intercommunality	Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval
Government
• Mayor	Gérard Leforestier
Area1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	193
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76268 / 76280
Elevation	37–136 m (121–446 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
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.

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

Geography

A small farming and woodland village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72 and the D79 roads.

In fiction and popular culture

Literature

Much of the action in André Gide's book Strait Is the Gate is set in the home of the Bucolin family at Fongueusemare.

Heraldry

The arms of Fongueusemare are blazoned : Azure, two abbot's croziers in saltire, between a garb and 3 gables (from tithing barns) Or

Population

Historical population of Fongueusemare

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	123	162	156	160	170	170	193
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 chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, built in 1927.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Fongueusemare on the Quid website (French)