Dancourt, Seine-Maritime

Dancourt
Dancourt
Location within Upper Normandy region  Dancourt
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Mayor	Jean-Luc Morel (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	74–209 m (243–686 ft) (avg. 90 m/300 ft)
Land area1	18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population2	243  (2006)
- Density	13 /km2 (34 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76211/ 76340
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°53′38″N 1°32′47″E / 49.8938888889°N 1.54638888889°E / 49.8938888889; 1.54638888889

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

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

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

Population

Historical population of Dancourt, Seine-Maritime

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
284	307	276	307	266	264	243
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents 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 eigthteenth century.
• The chapel of Notre-Dame, at Béthancourt.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Dancourt on the Quid website (French)