Fontaine-le-Dun
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Fontaine-le-Dun
|commune status = Commune
|image = 014 Fontaine-le-Dun ( 76740 ).jpg
|caption = The centre of Fontaine-le-Dun
|image coat of arms = Blason Fontaine-le-Dun.svg
|arrondissement = Dieppe
|canton = Saint-Valery-en-Caux
|INSEE = 76272
|postal code = 76740
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Côte d'Albâtre
|coordinates = {{coord|49.8139|0.8508|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 60
|elevation min m = 44
|elevation max m = 100
|area km2 = 5.35
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Fontaine-le-Dun ({{IPA|fr|fɔ̃tɛn lə dœ̃}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
Fontaine-le-Dun is a small farming town, with associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Dun in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|15|mi|km}} southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D142 and the D79 roads.
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason Fontaine-le-Dun.svg
|legend1=Arms of Fontaine-le-Dun
|text=The arms of Fontaine-le-Dun are blazoned :
Azure, a sword between 2 crescents argent above both a lance head Or, and on a chief gules, a cross argent.
}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76272#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |607
|1975 |641
|1982 |796
|1990 |962
|1999 |978
|2007 |947
|2012 |838
|2017 |903
}}
Places of interest
- The eleventh-century church of Notre-Dame
- A sixteenth-century stone cross
- A manorhouse dating from the seventeenth century
Notable people
Pierre Giffard, journalist, was born here in 1853.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://fontaineledun.free.fr/ An unofficial website] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Seine-Maritime communes}}
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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime
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