Gournay-en-Bray
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| Coordinates: 49°28′53″N 1°43′29″E / 49.4814°N 1.7247°ECoordinates: 49°28′53″N 1°43′29″E / 49.4814°N 1.7247°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe | |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray | |
| Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Lou Pain | |
| Area1 | 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 6,320 | |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76312 / 76220 | |
| Elevation | 84–133 m (276–436 ft) (avg. 94 m or 308 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. |
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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.
Gournay-en-Bray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
A town of farming and light industry, it is situated in the Pays de Bray, some 50 km (31 mi) east of Rouen, at the junction of the N 31, the D 915 and the D 930 roads.
The commune’s territory includes three former parish hamlets, near the confluence of the Epte with three other smaller rivers – the Morette, Auchy and Aulnaie.
The traditional armoury of the Counts of Gournay seems to have been Sable simple (a pure black shield with nothing on it), hence the sable field here.
Gournay-en-Bray is twinned with Hailsham in the English County of East Sussex. Hailsham has a much larger population (circa 20,500 compared to Gournay-en-Bray's circa 6,500) but, according to Hailsham Town Council, "the features and facilities of both towns are quite similar". A Twinning Charter was signed in Hailsham in October 2000 and in Gournay-en-Bray in February 2001, and renewed in both towns on its 10th anniversary.
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