Le Bocasse
Le Bocasse | |
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 The Bocasse Park | |
Location of Le Bocasse  | |
  Le Bocasse  Le Bocasse | |
| Coordinates: 49°36′23″N 1°04′59″E / 49.6064°N 1.0831°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Bois-Guillaume |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Bertram[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.62 km2 (3.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 656 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76105 /76690 |
| Elevation | 112–186 m (367–610 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Bocasse (French pronunciation: [lə bɔkas], before 1962: Bocasse)[3] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
[edit]A farming village with associated light industry situated some 12 miles (19 km) north of Rouen, at the junction of the D53 and the D6 roads and also the D927 and D99.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 378 | — |
| 1975 | 446 | +2.39% |
| 1982 | 572 | +3.62% |
| 1990 | 660 | +1.80% |
| 1999 | 725 | +1.05% |
| 2007 | 742 | +0.29% |
| 2012 | 707 | −0.96% |
| 2017 | 666 | −1.19% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The château de Cleres, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The sixteenth century manor house at Valmartin.
- The church of St. Georges, Valmartin, dating from the twelfth century.
- A museum of agricultural machinery.
- Cleres zoo park.
- Parc du Bocasse, an Amusement park
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Bocasse.
- A website about Bocasse (in French)
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