Fontaine-le-Dun

Fontaine-le-Dun

Coat of arms
Fontaine-le-Dun

Coordinates: 49°48′50″N 0°51′03″E / 49.8139°N 0.8508°E / 49.8139; 0.8508Coordinates: 49°48′50″N 0°51′03″E / 49.8139°N 0.8508°E / 49.8139; 0.8508
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality Entre Mer et Lin
Government
 • Mayor Yves Lefrique
Area1 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 998
 • Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76272 / 76740
Elevation 44–100 m (144–328 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Fontaine-le-Dun is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

Fontaine-le-Dun is a small farming town, with associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Dun in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D142 and the D79 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Fontaine-le-Dun are blazoned :
Azure, a sword between 2 crescents argent above both a lance head Or, and on a chief gules, a cross argent.

Population

Historical population of Fontaine-le-Dun
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population527607641796962978998
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

2010 = 1117

Places of interest

Notable people

Pierre Giffard, journalist, was born here in 1853.

See also

References

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