Blangy-sur-Bresle (, literally ''Blangy on Bresle'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of 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. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...
in the
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
region
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of northern
France
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.
Geography
Blangy is a small town situated in the valley of the river Bresle – which here forms the border between
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
Dieppe
Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...
in the
Pays de Bray
The Pays de Bray (, literally ''Land of Bray'') is a small (about 750 km²) natural region of France situated to the north-east of Rouen, straddling the French departments of the Seine-Maritime and the Oise (historically divided among the ...
.
Forestry
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,
farming
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, and
light industry
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are the main economic activities. The town lies on the D49 and the D928 roads close to junction 5 of the A29 motorway. Blangy-sur-Bresle station has rail connections to Beauvais and
Le Tréport
Le Tréport () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, France.
Geography
A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 940, the D 78 and t ...
.
Heraldry
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The Manoir de Fontaine (1607).
* The Manoir de Penthièvre (1636), built for la Grande Mademoiselle.
* The seventeenth century
fulling mill
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at Hollande
* The Manoir de Grémontmesnil (1776).
* The mill at Hottineaux 1800).
* The remains of a
medieval
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castle.
* Three
museum
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