Hodeng-au-Bosc

Hodeng-au-Bosc
Hodeng-au-Bosc
Location within Upper Normandy region  Hodeng-au-Bosc
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Intercommunality	Blangy-sur-Bresle
Mayor	Claude Santerre (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	61–205 m (200–673 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
Land area1	8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population2	589  (2006)
- Density	67 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76363/ 76340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hodeng-au-Bosc is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Upper Normandy region of northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Bresle in the Pays de Bray, some 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D7, the D246 and the D49 roads. The commune also features a glassmaking factory, founded in 1623.

Population

Historical population of Hodeng-au-Bosc

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	440	444	507	541	576	555	589
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Denis, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The church of St.Sauveur at Guimerville, dating from the sixteenth century.

People

Jean-Luc Thérier, racing driver for the Alpine Renault team in the 1970s, was born here in 1945.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Hodeng-au-Bosc on the Quid website (French)