Bracquemont

Bracquemont
Bracquemont
Location within Normandy region  Bracquemont
Coordinates: 49°56′29″N 1°08′46″E / 49.9414°N 1.1461°ECoordinates: 49°56′29″N 1°08′46″E / 49.9414°N 1.1461°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-2
Government
• Mayor	Michel Maisonneuve
Area^1	4.84 km^2 (1.87 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	926
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76137 / 76370
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Bracquemont is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.^[1]

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the neighbouring town of Dieppe, at the junction of the D100 and the D113 roads. Huge cliffs, overlooking the English Channel, form the commune’s northern border

Heraldry

The arms of Bracquemont are blazoned : Argent, a chevron and in canton a mallet sable.

Population

Historical population of Bracquemont

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	495	550	658	786	821	830	926
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A pre-Roman archaeology site – the “Cité des Limes”.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (French)

External links

• Bracquemont on the Quid website (French)