Sigy-en-Bray is a commune

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 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...

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Geography

A farming commune comprising several villages and hamlets covering a large area of land (27 km²). It is found in the valley of the Andelle

Andelle

The Andelle is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure.- Geography :The Andelle has its source in the Pays de Bray in the territory of the commune of Serqueux...

 river in the Pays de Bray

Pays 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...

, some 19 miles (30.6 km) northeast 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 D13, D41 and D8 roads.

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
535	578	549	533	527	559	616
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, originally an abbey
  Abbey
  An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
  
  , dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chateau of Imbleval.
• A fifteenth-century sandstone
  Sandstone
  Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
  
  cross.
• The church of St. Lucien, dating from the eleventh century.
• The chapel of St. Vincent at Bois-le-Borgne.

External links

• Sigy-en-Bray on the Quid website