Gournay-en-Bray (French pronunciation: [guʁnɛ ɑ̃ bʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
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Coordinates: 49°28′53″N 1°43′29″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Picard |
Area 1 | 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
Population | 6,041 |
• Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76312 /76220 |
Elevation | 84–133 m (276–436 ft) (avg. 94 m or 308 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
A town of farming and light industry, it is situated in the Pays de Bray, some 50 km (31 mi) east of Rouen, at the junction of the N 31, the D 915 and the D 930 roads.
The commune's territory includes three former parish hamlets, near the confluence of the Epte with three other smaller rivers – the Morette, Auchy and Aulnaie.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 5,791 | — |
1975 | 6,430 | +1.51% |
1982 | 6,344 | −0.19% |
1990 | 6,147 | −0.39% |
1999 | 6,275 | +0.23% |
2007 | 6,174 | −0.20% |
2012 | 6,409 | +0.75% |
2017 | 6,072 | −1.07% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
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The arms of Gournay-en-Bray are blazoned: Sable, an armed knight contourny maintaining in his right hand a lance argent, and in chief a fleur-de-lys Or. The traditional armoury of the Counts of Gournay seems to have been Sable simple (a pure black shield with nothing on it), hence the sable field here.
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Gournay-en-Bray is twinned with Hailsham in the English County of East Sussex. Hailsham has a much larger population (circa 20,500 compared to Gournay-en-Bray's circa 6,500) but, according to Hailsham Town Council, "the features and facilities of both towns are quite similar".[3] A twinning charter[4] was signed in Hailsham in October 2000 and in Gournay-en-Bray in February 2001, and renewed in both towns on its 10th anniversary.[5]
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