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Hodeng-au-Bosc

Hodeng-au-Bosc
Commune
Eglise hodeng.jpg
Hodeng-au-Bosc is located in France
Hodeng-au-Bosc
Hodeng-au-Bosc
Coordinates: 49°51′46″N 1°42′30″E / 49.8628°N 1.7083°E / 49.8628; 1.7083Coordinates: 49°51′46″N 1°42′30″E / 49.8628°N 1.7083°E / 49.8628; 1.7083
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Claude Santerre
Area1 8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 589
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76363 /76340
Elevation 61–205 m (200–673 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)

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.

Hodeng-au-Bosc is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Bresle in the Pays de Bray, some 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D7, the D246 and the D49 roads. The commune also features a glassmaking factory, founded in 1623.

Jean-Luc Thérier, racing driver for the Alpine Renault team in the 1970s, was born here in 1945.



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