Fontaine-le-Bourg | ||
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Commune | ||
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Coordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°09′50″E / 49.5633°N 1.1639°ECoordinates: 49°33′48″N 1°09′50″E / 49.5633°N 1.1639°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Normandy | |
Department | Seine-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Rouen | |
Canton | Bois-Guillaume | |
Intercommunality | Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Patrick Jolly | |
Area1 | 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 1,496 | |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 76271 /76690 | |
Elevation | 62–168 m (203–551 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Fontaine-le-Bourg is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
A village of farming and a little light industry, situated by the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Rouen, at the junction of the D53, D44 and the D151 roads.
Motor engineer Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville (1856–1901), who, in February 1884, together with Léon Malandin, built and drove a motor car fitted with a 4 stroke internal combustion engine from here to Cailly.