Avesnes-en-Bray
Encyclopedia
Avesnes-en-Bray is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region
in northern France
.
, situated some 28 miles (45.1 km) east of Rouen
, at the junction of the N31
and D221 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
A small farming village in the Pays de BrayPays de Bray
The Pays de Bray is a small natural region of France situated to the north-east of Rouen, straddling the French départements of the Seine-Maritime and Oise...
, situated some 28 miles (45.1 km) east of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, at the junction of the N31
Route nationale 31
The Route nationale 31 is a motorway in northern France. It connects the town of Rouen to Reims, it is also the European Route 46.-Route:The road starts in the City of Rouen, the road starts heading east. The road heads through the Foret de Lyons passing the Hetre de la Bunodiere. The road then...
and D221 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The eighteenth century church of St.Martin.
- Some Merovingian tombs and objects, found in the 19th century.