Bellencombre

Bellencombre
Bellencombre
Location within Normandy region  Bellencombre
Coordinates: 49°42′30″N 1°13′37″E / 49.7083°N 1.2269°ECoordinates: 49°42′30″N 1°13′37″E / 49.7083°N 1.2269°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bellencombre
Intercommunality	Bosc d'Eawy
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Caux
Area^1	12.91 km^2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	647
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76070 / 76680
Elevation	69–199 m (226–653 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 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.

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

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Varenne River in the Pays de Bray, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D151, D154 and D48 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bellencombre

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	652	654	648	640	638	662	647
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 church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chapel of St. Christophe, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The gothic chapel, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• The sixteenth-century château de La Grande Heuze
• The three châteaux: de La Crique; de La Quaine and Mont-Roty.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Bellencombre on the Quid website (French)