Le Bois-Robert

Le Bois-Robert (French pronunciation: [lə bwa ʁɔbɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Le Bois-Robert
Commune
Town Hall.
Coat of arms
Location of Le Bois-Robert
Le Bois-Robert Show map of France Le Bois-Robert Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°50′11″N 1°09′00″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Chantal Cottereau[1]
Area 1	4.95 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	374
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76112 /76590
Elevation	45–138 m (148–453 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
Website	boisrobert.net
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village, dominating the valley of the river Varenne in the Pays de Caux, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D 107 and the D 915 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 269 —     1800 234 −1.97% 1806 247 +0.91% 1821 306 +1.44% 1831 307 +0.03% 1836 273 −2.32% 1841 329 +3.80% 1846 325 −0.24% 1851 297 −1.79% 1856 318 +1.38% 1861 301 −1.09% 1866 293 −0.54% 1872 203 −5.93% 1876 249 +5.24% 1881 256 +0.56% 1886 244 −0.96% 1891 235 −0.75% 1896 210 −2.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 200 −0.97% 1906 213 +1.27% 1911 185 −2.78% 1921 222 +1.84% 1926 241 +1.66% 1931 267 +2.07% 1936 218 −3.97% 1946 243 +1.09% 1954 260 +0.85% 1962 273 +0.61% 1968 244 −1.85% 1975 204 −2.53% 1982 258 +3.41% 1990 283 +1.16% 1999 280 −0.12% 2007 323 +1.80% 2012 320 −0.19% 2017 351 +1.87%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest

• The two châteaux dating from the eighteenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Bois-Robert, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Website of the commune of Bois-Robert (in French)