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Bracquemont

Bracquemont (French pronunciation: [bʁakmɔ̃]) 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 new commune of Petit-Caux.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the neighbouring town of Dieppe, at the junction of the D100 and the D113 roads. Huge cliffs, overlooking the English Channel, form the commune's northern border

Heraldry

Arms of Bracquemont
Arms of Bracquemont
The arms of Bracquemont are blazoned :
Argent, a chevron and in canton a mallet sable.



Population

Historical population of Bracquemont
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population495550658786821830926
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • A pre-Roman archaeology site – the “Cité des Limes”.

See also

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