Neufchâtel-en-Bray
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Notre Dame Church in Neufchâtel-en-Bray
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Location within Normandy region
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| Coordinates: 49°44′N 1°26′E / 49.73°N 1.44°ECoordinates: 49°44′N 1°26′E / 49.73°N 1.44°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe | |
| Canton | Neufchâtel-en-Bray | |
| Intercommunality | CC Bray-Eawy | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Xavier Lefrançois | |
| Area1 | 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 4,836 | |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76462 /76270 | |
| Elevation | 69–230 m (226–755 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 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.
Neufchâtel-en-Bray (pronounced "newshatel", [nøʃatɛl]) is a French commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy Region. The inhabitants are called Neufchâtelois. The cheese of the same name is made in the area.
Neufchâtel is a Brayonne commune which traversed by the Béthune River and its tributary the Philbert.
Neufchâtel is situated about 10 miles (15 km) from Londinières and Saint-Saëns, about 12 miles (17 km) from Forges-les-Eaux, about 15 miles (21 km) from Buchy, about 19 miles (27 km) from Aumale, about 20 miles from Blangy-sur-Bresle and about 25 miles (36 km) from Dieppe.
The city is located near the intersection of Autoroute A28 which runs from Rouen to Abbeville and A29 (the Beuzeville-Le Havre-Amiens-Saint-Quentin route).
Old forms: Drincurt (1040 – 1047), Druoncurt 1152, Drioncurt (1174 – 1188), Driencourt was the most common form often distorted as Lincourt, an old toponym that disappeared completely by the 15th century.
It signifies “Drugo's farm”, the name of a Germanic person, which is always declined in the oblique case for names ending in -court and found in the patronym Druon. “Driencourt” has a homonym with Driencourt (Somme). Names ending in -court predate the formation of the Duchy of Normandy and correspond with the Frankish expansion.
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