Le Fossé | |
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Coordinates: 49°36′34″N 1°34′23″E / 49.6094°N 1.5731°ECoordinates: 49°36′34″N 1°34′23″E / 49.6094°N 1.5731°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
Intercommunality | Canton of Forges-les-Eaux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Jules Baudrin |
Area1 | 10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 458 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76277 /76440 |
Elevation | 138–227 m (453–745 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 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.
Le Fossé is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Forges-les-Eaux.
A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D9 and the D915 roads.