Saint-Saire

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Saint-Saire
Saint-Saire (France)
Saint-Saire
region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Community association Bray-Eawy
Coordinates 49 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  E
height 88-193 m
surface 13.32 km 2
Residents 611 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 76270
INSEE code

Bike path on the former railway line in Saint-Saire

Saint-Saire is a French municipality with 611 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement Dieppe , the canton Neufchâtel-en-Bray and is part of the Bray-Eawy municipal association .

geography

Saint-Saire is a farming village with light industry on the Béthune in the Pays de Bray natural area . Saint-Saire is 48 kilometers southeast of Dieppe .

Neighboring communities

Neuville-Ferrières Bouelles Nesle-Hodeng
Fontaine-en-Bray compass Beaussault
Sainte-Geneviève Beaubec-la-Rosière Mesnil-Mauger

history

A monastery in Saint-Saire was destroyed by the Vikings in the 9th century . The Nesle - Saint-Saire station was part of the Saint-Denis – Dieppe line , which was closed in the 1990s.

Population development

The population is known from censuses since 1793. The population up to 2005 is published on the website of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales .

year Population
1962 589
1968 514
1975 433
1982 374
1990 418
1999 477
2006 575
2015 661

Attractions

  • The church of Saint-Saire (originally from the 7th century) was built on the site of the monastery that was destroyed during the Norman invasion. A sandstone tower from the 13th century has been rebuilt several times, thanks largely to donations from the Lordship of Saint-Saire.
  • Boulainvilliers ruin
  • The Avenue verte , a Voie Verte (cycle track), the Forges-les-Eaux and Arques-la-Bataille combines (45 km) and an extension of the cycling route from Paris to London is.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Saire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Saint-Pierre-le-Saire. Le nombre d'habitants. In: cassini.ehess.fr. École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales , p. 2 , accessed on June 9, 2018 (French).
  2. Populations légales 2006. Commune de Saint-Saire (76649). In: insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, p. 2 , accessed on July 11, 2018 (French).
  3. Populations légales 2015. Commune de Saint-Saire (76649). In: insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, p. 2 , accessed on July 11, 2018 (French).