Neuf-Marché

Neuf-Marché
Commune
The town hall in Neuf-Marché
Coat of arms
Location of Neuf-Marché
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Coordinates: 49°25′28″N 1°42′59″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC 4 rivières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique But[1]
Area ^1	17.71 km^2 (6.84 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	656
• Density	37/km^2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76463 /76220
Elevation	77–210 m (253–689 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Neuf-Marché is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the river Epte in the Pays de Bray, some 26 miles (42 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 915 with the D 1 and D 19 roads. This commune is the furthest southeast within the department and borders both the Eure and Oise departments.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	569	—
1975	536	−0.85%
1982	514	−0.60%
1990	568	+1.26%
1999	635	+1.25%
2007	676	+0.79%
2012	696	+0.58%
2017	667	−0.85%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the tenth century.
• Traces of a feudal castle.
• Two eighteenth-century presbyteries.
• A sixteenth-century manorhouse.
• The nineteenth-century château of Vardes.
• A monument in the forest of Lyons by Robert Delandre.

People

• Béatrix Beck, author.
• Robert Delandre, sculptor.
• Bernard de Neufmarché, Norman lord active in the conquest of Wales 1088–1095.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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