Bures-en-Bray

Bures-en-Bray
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°46′44″N 1°20′09″E / 49.7789°N 1.3358°E / 49.7789; 1.3358Coordinates: 49°46′44″N 1°20′09″E / 49.7789°N 1.3358°E / 49.7789; 1.3358
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Londinières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacky Lévêque
Area 1	10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	325
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76148 /76660
Elevation	47–201 m (154–659 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
Website	www.buresenbray.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bures-en-Bray (French pronunciation: ​[byʁ ɑ̃ bʁɛ], literally Bures in Bray) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D1 with the D114 and D12 roads. The river Béthune flows through the middle of the village.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Aignan, dating from the twelfth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse de Tourpes.
• The motte of a feudal castle from the twelfth century.^[2]

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bures-en-Bray.

• Bures-en-Bray sur le site de l'Institut géographique national (in French)
• Histoire de Bures-en-Bray par J.-E. DeCorde. (in French)