Ferrières-en-Bray

Ferrières-en-Bray
Ferrières-en-Bray

Coordinates: 49°29′01″N 1°44′44″E / 49.4836°N 1.7456°E / 49.4836; 1.7456Coordinates: 49°29′01″N 1°44′44″E / 49.4836°N 1.7456°E / 49.4836; 1.7456
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality Canton of Gournay-en-Bray
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marie France Devillerval
Area1 15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,718
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76260 / 76220
Elevation 86–189 m (282–620 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 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.

Ferrières-en-Bray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the river Auchy in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) east of Rouen, at the junction of the D21, the D928 and the N31 roads. The commune forms part of the border with the region of Picardy.

Population

Historical population of Ferrières-en-Bray
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1234133214851577164416431718
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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