Sommery (French pronunciation: [sɔmʁi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Sommery
The town hall in Sommery
The town hall in Sommery
Coat of arms of Sommery
Location of Sommery
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Sommery is located in France
Sommery
Sommery
Sommery is located in Normandy
Sommery
Sommery
Coordinates: 49°38′07″N 1°26′27″E / 49.6353°N 1.4408°E / 49.6353; 1.4408
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonNeufchâtel-en-Bray
IntercommunalityCC Bray-Eawy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Bailleul[1]
Area
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21.39 km2 (8.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
834
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76678 /76440
Elevation117–236 m (384–774 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D915, D1 and D7 roads. Three streams within the commune's territory feed the river Béthune. Sommery station has rail connections to Rouen and Amiens.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968735—    
1975665−1.42%
1982619−1.02%
1990583−0.75%
1999645+1.13%
2007706+1.14%
2012867+4.19%
2017809−1.38%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

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  • An eighteenth-century cider press at the seventeenth-century Bray farm.
  • The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE