Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle (, literally ''Old Rouen on Bresle'') is a
French commune
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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-Inféri ...
Normandy
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region in northern
France
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.
Geography
A village of
light industry
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and
farming
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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 ...
, some southeast of
Dieppe
Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...
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. 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 Bresle 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
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of the castle of Mateputenam.
* The chateau, dating from the sixteenth century.