- Mortemer, Seine-Maritime
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Mortemer
MortemerLocation within Upper Normandy region
MortemerAdministration Country France Region Upper Normandy Department Seine-Maritime Arrondissement Dieppe Canton Neufchâtel-en-Bray Intercommunality Pays Neufchâtelois Mayor Daniel Van Hulle Statistics Elevation 128–230 m (420–750 ft)
(avg. 151 m/495 ft)Land area1 8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi) Population2 109 (2006) - Density 12 /km2 (31 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 76454/ 76270 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. Coordinates: 49°45′06″N 1°33′04″E / 49.7516666667°N 1.55111111111°E
Mortemer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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Geography
A small forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Eaulne in the Pays de Bray, some 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D7, D36 and the D929 roads. The A29 autoroute passes through the territory of the commune.
History
Site of the battle of Mortemer in February 1054. This village is possibly the source of the medieval family name of Mortimer. The nature of the family's relations confused Robert of Torigni, one of the authors of the Gesta Normannorum Ducum. He claims that Roger of Mortemer was the brother of "William, later to be Earl of Surrey". But possibly Robert missed out a generation, as he did in dealing with the family history of the Montgomerys.[1]
Population
Population history 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 136 139 110 124 121 107 109 Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
- Ruins of a twelfth century Cistercian abbey.
- Ruins of the donjon of the twelfth century castle.
See also
References
- ^ The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges and Robert of Torigni, edited and translated by M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1995.
External links
- Mortemer on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Seine-Maritime
- Dieppe geography stubs
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