Avesnes-en-Val

Avesnes-en-Val
Avesnes-en-Val
Location within Upper Normandy region Avesnes-en-Val
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Envermeu
Intercommunality	Londinières
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Catherine Morel
Area1	16.51 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	275
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76049 / 76630
Elevation	79–184 m (259–604 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Avesnes-en-Val is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming commune comprising the village itself and seven hamlets, in the Pays de Bray, situated some 17 miles (27 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D26 and D226 roads.

Population

Historical population of Avesnes-en-Val

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	405	406	372	307	291	268	275
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 sixteenth century church of St.Aignan.
• The church of Saint-Melaine dating from the sixteenth century.
• The sixteenth century church of Notre-Dame at Villy-le-Haut.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Avesnes-en-Val on the Quid website (French)