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Blangy sur Bresle

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Population (2010)
  
2,971

Local time
  
Saturday 9:56 PM

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Blangy-sur-Bresle

Area
  
17.45 km²

Arrondissement
  
Dieppe

Blangy-sur-Bresle

Intercommunality
  
CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 83% Humidity

Blangy-sur-Bresle is a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.

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Map of 76340 Blangy-sur-Bresle, France

Geography

Blangy is a small town situated in the valley of the River Bresle – which here forms the border between Normandy and Picardie – some 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Dieppe in the Pays de Bray. Forestry, farming, and light industry are the main economic activities. The town lies on the D49 and the D928 roads close to junction 5 of the A29 motorway. There is an SNCF railway station from which TER services run to Beauvais and Le Tréport.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The Manoir de Fontaine (1607).
  • The Manoir de Penthièvre (1636), built for la Grande Mademoiselle.
  • The seventeenth century fulling mill at Hollande
  • The Manoir de Grémontmesnil (1776).
  • The mill at Hottineaux 1800).
  • The remains of a medieval castle.
  • Three museums.

    • Notable people

  • Anne Marie Louise of Orléans (1627–1693), la Grande Mademoiselle.

    • References

    Blangy-sur-Bresle Wikipedia
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