Sommery
Commune in Normandy, France
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Sommery (French pronunciation: [sɔmʁi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Sommery | |
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The town hall in Sommery | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sommery | |
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| Coordinates: 49°38′07″N 1°26′27″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Neufchâtel-en-Bray |
| Intercommunality | CC Bray-Eawy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Bailleul[1] |
Area 1 | 21.39 km2 (8.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 826 |
| • Density | 38.6/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76678 /76440 |
| Elevation | 117–236 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
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 735 | — |
| 1975 | 665 | −1.42% |
| 1982 | 619 | −1.02% |
| 1990 | 583 | −0.75% |
| 1999 | 645 | +1.13% |
| 2007 | 706 | +1.14% |
| 2012 | 867 | +4.19% |
| 2017 | 809 | −1.38% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
- An eighteenth-century cider press at the seventeenth-century Bray farm.
- The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.
