La Frénaye | |
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  La Frénaye  La Frénaye | |
| Coordinates:49°31′41″N0°34′29″E / 49.5281°N 0.5747°E /49.5281; 0.5747 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine |
| Intercommunality | Caux Seine Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Christophe Tetrel[1] |
Area 1 | 10.02 km2 (3.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,079 |
| • Density | 207.5/km2 (537.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76281 /76170 |
| Elevation | 30–148 m (98–486 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Frénaye is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in northern France.
A village offorestry andfarming in thePays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) east ofLe Havre, at the junction of the D484 and D982 roads.
The village is located on an old Roman road which runs from "Juliobona" (Lillebonne) to "Rotomagus" (Rouen). Another Roman road linking "Breviodurum" (Brionne) to "Mediolanum" (Évreux), also crosses La Frenaye's borders.
The name comes from the Latin fracsinus, meaning "place of the ash trees".
TheGallo-Roman period is often mentioned in the history of the region, many relics having been found in excavations and having discovered the foundations of two military camps protecting the Roman roads.A farm still operates to this day, bearing the name ofLionnière, supposedly used to keep the lions and other wild animals during the celebrations organised in theamphitheatre at Lillebonne.
The 1 August 1914 saw the mobilisation of 60 men of the village. 30 were killed and five were missing by the end ofWorld War I.In 1939, soldiers were again mobilised. In 1940 the exodus of Frenaysiens reached its peak, with rumours of German atrocities. During this period many Frenaysien soldiers were imprisoned in Germany or were requisitioned for compulsory labour. During the night of 7 August 1944, a Royal Air Force Lancaster crashed in La Frenaye. Three British airmen were killed and now rest in La Frenaye cemetery.[3] On 30 August 1944 the Germans left La Frenaye.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 709 | — |
| 1975 | 1,080 | +6.20% |
| 1982 | 1,210 | +1.64% |
| 1990 | 1,536 | +3.03% |
| 1999 | 1,566 | +0.22% |
| 2007 | 1,779 | +1.61% |
| 2012 | 2,032 | +2.70% |
| 2017 | 2,134 | +0.98% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
South Wonston inHampshire, England.Rettenberg in Bavaria, Germany
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