Boissay () is a
commune in the
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-InfĂ ...
department in the
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region
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in north-western
France
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. It is the place of origin of the
House of Boissay.
Geography
It is a
farming
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village situated 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 Pr ...
some northeast of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
at the junction of the D87, D93 and the D261 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The Église Saint-Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
* An eighteenth-century
dovecote
A dovecote or dovecot , doocot (Scots Language, Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house Domestic pigeon, pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or b ...
.
See also
*
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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