Sigy-en-Bray (, literally ''Sigy in
Bray
Bray may refer to:
Places France
* Bray, Eure, in the Eure ''département''
* Bray, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire ''département''
* Bray-Dunes, in the Nord ''département''
* Bray-en-Val, in the Loiret ''département''
* Bray-et-Lû ...
'', before 1962: ''Sigy'') 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-Inf� ...
department in the
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region in northern
France
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. Between 1973 and 2017 the commune
Saint-Lucien was part of Sigy-en-Bray.
Arrêté du 9 décembre 2016 portant modification des circonscriptions administratives territoriales (création de la commune de Saint-Lucien)
''Légifrance''.
Geography
A farming
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
commune comprising several villages and hamlets covering a large area of land (27 km2). It is found in the valley of the Andelle
The Andelle () is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure. It is a right tributary of the Seine.
Geography
The Andelle has its source in the Pays de Bray in the territory of the commu ...
river 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 D13, D41 and D8 roads.
Population
Inhabitants of Sigy are called ''sigeois'' and ''sigeoises'' in French.
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, originally an abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...
, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The chateau of Imbleval.
* A fifteenth-century sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
cross.
* The church of St. Lucien, dating from the eleventh century.
* The chapel of St. Vincent at Bois-le-Borgne.
See also
*
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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