Fongueusemare
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Fongueusemare
|commune status = Commune
|image = 438 Fongueusemare (76280).jpg
|caption = The town hall in Fongueusemare
|image coat of arms = Blason ville Fr Fougueusemare (Seine-Maritime).svg
|arrondissement = Le Havre
|canton = Octeville-sur-Mer
|INSEE = 76268
|postal code = 76280
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Le Havre Seine Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|49.6792|0.3061|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 115
|elevation min m = 37
|elevation max m = 136
|area km2 = 11.85
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Fongueusemare ({{IPA|fr|fɔ̃ɡøzmaʁ}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A small farming and woodland village situated in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|16|mi|km}} northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72 and the D79 roads.
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason ville Fr Fougueusemare (Seine-Maritime).svg
|legend1=Arms of Fongueusemare
|text=The arms of Fongueusemare are blazoned :
Azure, two abbot's croziers in saltire, between a garb and 3 gables (from tithing barns) Or
}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76268#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |162
|1975 |156
|1982 |160
|1990 |170
|1999 |170
|2007 |189
|2012 |185
|2017 |189
}}
Places of interest
- The chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, built in 1927.
In fiction and popular culture
Much of the action in André Gide's book Strait Is the Gate is set in the home of the Bucolin family at Fongueusemare.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
{{Seine-Maritime communes}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime
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