Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle (, literally ''Old

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

Bresle Bresle () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Bresle is situated on the D226 road, some northwest of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in norther ...

'') is a French commune in the Seine-Maritime

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in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of light industry and farming situated on the banks of the river

in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D49, D96 and the D60.

Description

Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle is a Norman village in the Bresle valley located in Seine-Maritime and bordering the Somme department , which is part of the old Talou , and is marked by the presence of the glassware created in 1892. It is crossed by the railway line from Épinay-Villetaneuse to Le Tréport-Mers, but the nearest station is the

Aumale station Gare d'Aumale (Aumale Station) is a rail station in the commune of Aumale in the Seine-Maritime department, France. It is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains from Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern F ...

. It is served by the RD 49, which connects Aumale to Tréport by the left bank of the Bresle. The south and west of the town are wooded.

Hydrography

The river

and its tributary Méline pass through Vieux-Rouen.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the twelfth century. * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century. * The twelfth-century donjon of the castle of Mateputenam. * The chateau, dating from the sixteenth century.

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