Bosc-le-Hard

Bosc-Le-Hard

Coat of arms
Bosc-Le-Hard

Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 1°10′37″E / 49.6272°N 1.1769°E / 49.6272; 1.1769Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 1°10′37″E / 49.6272°N 1.1769°E / 49.6272; 1.1769
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Bellencombre
Intercommunality Bosc d'Eawy
Government
 • Mayor (2007–2008) Chantal Biville
Area1 10.37 km2 (4.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,469
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76125 / 76850
Elevation 128–176 m (420–577 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 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.

Bosc-Le-Hard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and light industry, situated in the Pays de Bray, some 26 miles (42 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D25 and the D151 roads. The A29 autoroute forms the northern border of the commune.

Heraldry

 The arms of Bosc-Le-Hard are blazoned :
Gules, a pascal lamb Or haloed argent, holding a long cross from which flies a banner Or charged a cross gules, and a chief azure.

Population

Historical population of Bosc-le-Hard
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population82587612241178127114111469
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

Twin towns

See also

References

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