Canton Of Fontaine-le-Dun
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The Canton of Fontaine-le-Dun is a former
canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...
situated in the Seine-Maritime
département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
and in the
Haute-Normandie Upper Normandy (french: Haute-Normandie, ; nrf, Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. History It was created in 1956 from two d ...
region of northern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 16 communes, which joined the canton of Saint-Valery-en-Caux in 2015.Décret n° 2014-266 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Seine-Maritime
/ref> It had a total of 4,497 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 76 Seine-Maritime
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farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
area in the
arrondissement of Dieppe The arrondissement of Dieppe is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy région. It has 343 communes. Its population is 237,203 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Diep ...
, centred on the town of Fontaine-le-Dun. The altitude varies from 0m ( Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer) to 128m (
Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long is a commune in the Seine-Maritime ''département'' of the Normandy region of northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D20 and D ...
) for an average altitude of 68m. The canton comprised 16 communes: * Angiens *
Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long is a commune in the Seine-Maritime ''département'' of the Normandy region of northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D20 and D ...
* Autigny *
Bourville Bourville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, region of Normandy, northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D108 and the D237 roads. Population Pl ...
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Brametot Brametot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D142 and the D307 roads. Populati ...
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La Chapelle-sur-Dun La Chapelle-sur-Dun is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the valley of the Dun river in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction ...
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Crasville-la-Rocquefort Crasville-la-Rocquefort is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D108, D437 and the D102 r ...
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Ermenouville Ermenouville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small village of forestry and farming situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D37 and the D ...
* Fontaine-le-Dun *
La Gaillarde La Gaillarde () is a commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the Dun river in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction ...
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Héberville Héberville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A small farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D107 and the D237 roads. ...
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Houdetot Houdetot is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D70 and the D437 roads. Populati ...
* Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer * Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux * Saint-Pierre-le-Viger *
Sotteville-sur-Mer Sotteville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Sotteville on Sea'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junc ...


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Arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department The 3 arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department are: # Arrondissement of Dieppe, (subprefecture: Dieppe) with 343 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 237,203 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Le Havre, (subprefecture: Le Havre) wit ...
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Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
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Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Fontaine-le-Dun 2015 disestablishments in France States and territories disestablished in 2015