La Fontelaye

La Fontelaye
La Fontelaye
Location within Upper Normandy region La Fontelaye
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Tôtes
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Caroline Dupuy
Area1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	35
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76274 / 76890
Elevation	91–157 m (299–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 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.

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

Geography

A very small farming village situated by the banks of the Saâne river in the Pays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D303 and the D23 roads.

Population

Historical population of La Fontelaye

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	40	51	44	38	39	40	35
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

• A seventeenth century château built on the ruins of an earlier castle.
• The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• La Fontelaye on the Quid website (French)