Fontaine-le-Dun

Fontaine-le-Dun
Commune
The centre of Fontaine-le-Dun
Coat of arms
Location of Fontaine-le-Dun
Fontaine-le-Dun Fontaine-le-Dun
Coordinates: 49°48′50″N 0°51′03″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Etienne
Area 1	5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	885
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76272 /76740
Elevation	44–100 m (144–328 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontaine-le-Dun (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lə dœ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

Fontaine-le-Dun is a small farming town, with associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Dun in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D142 and the D79 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Fontaine-le-Dun

The arms of Fontaine-le-Dun are blazoned : Azure, a sword between 2 crescents argent above both a lance head Or, and on a chief gules, a cross argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	607	—
1975	641	+0.78%
1982	796	+3.14%
1990	962	+2.40%
1999	978	+0.18%
2007	947	−0.40%
2012	838	−2.42%
2017	903	+1.51%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The eleventh-century church of Notre-Dame
• A sixteenth-century stone cross
• A manorhouse dating from the seventeenth century

Notable people

Pierre Giffard, journalist, was born here in 1853.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• An unofficial website (in French)