Brachy

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Brachy
Brachy (France)
Brachy
region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Luneray
Community association Terroir de Caux
Coordinates 49 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  E
height 24-103 m
surface 11.15 km 2
Residents 768 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 69 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 76730
INSEE code

Brachy is a French municipality with 768 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement Dieppe and the canton Luneray (until 2015: canton Bacqueville-en-Caux ).

geography

Brachy is about ten kilometers south of the English Channel coast and about 16 kilometers southwest of Dieppe in the Pays de Caux on the Saâne River . Brachy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gueures in the north and north-west, Thil-Manneville in the north-east, Hermanville in the east, Lammerville in the south and south-east, Rainfreville in the south and south-west, Greuville in the west and south-west and Luneray in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,720 1,665 1,605 1,707 1,640 1,640 740 757
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the 12th century
  • 11th century Saint-Remyin Gourel church
  • Saint-Ouen church from the 17th century
  • Stone cross from the 15th century
  • two mansions

Web links

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