Neuf-Marché

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Dominique But^[1]Area17.71 km² (6.84 sq mi)Population656 • Density37/km² (96/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation77–210 m (253–689 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Neuf-Marché is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the river Epte in the Pays de Bray, some 26 miles (42 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D 915 with the D 1 and D 19 roads. This commune is the furthest southeast within the department and borders both the Eure and Oise departments.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	569	—
1975	536	−0.85%
1982	514	−0.60%
1990	568	+1.26%
1999	635	+1.25%
2007	676	+0.79%
2012	696	+0.58%
2017	667	−0.85%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the tenth century.
• Traces of a feudal castle.
• Two eighteenth-century presbyteries.
• A sixteenth-century manorhouse.
• The nineteenth-century château of Vardes.
• A monument in the forest of Lyons by Robert Delandre.

People

• Béatrix Beck, author.
• Robert Delandre, sculptor.
• Bernard de Neufmarché, Norman lord active in the conquest of Wales 1088–1095.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References