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| Coordinates:49°28′53″N1°43′29″E / 49.4814°N 1.7247°E /49.4814; 1.7247 | |
| 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[1] |
Area 1 | 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,834 |
| • Density | 561/km2 (1,450/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. | |
Gournay-en-Bray (French pronunciation:[guʁnɛɑ̃bʁɛ], before 1962:Gournay)[3] is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in north-westernFrance.
A town offarming andlight industry, it is situated in thePays de Bray, some 50 km (31 mi) east ofRouen, at the junction of theN 31, theD 915 and theD 930 roads.
The commune's territory includes three formerparishhamlets, near the confluence of theEpte 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[4] | ||
| The arms of Gournay-en-Bray areblazoned: 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. |
Hailsham, EnglandGournay-en-Bray istwinned withHailsham in the English County ofEast Sussex. Hailsham has a much larger population (circa 20,500 compared to Gournay-en-Bray'scirca 6,500) but, according to Hailsham Town Council, "the features and facilities of both towns are quite similar".[5] A twinning charter[6] was signed in Hailsham in October 2000 and in Gournay-en-Bray in February 2001, and renewed in both towns on its 10th anniversary.[7]
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