Smermesnil () 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-Infà ...
department in the
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region in northern
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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commune created from three ancient
parish
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es and situated at the 2nd highest point in the department, between the valleys of the
Yères and the
Eaulne
The river Eaulne () is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the eastern Pays de Caux in the Seine-Maritime ''département'' of Normandy in northern France. It is long.
The Eaulne's source is at Mortemer. It then flows northwestwards ...
rivers 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 ...
. The commune is about southeast of
Dieppe
Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...
at the junction of the D920, D14 and D59 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The château, built with stone from the ancient
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 ...
de Foucarmont.
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The church of St. Jean, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The church of St. Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
See also
*
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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