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Grandcourt () is a commune in the
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
* The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
* Vestiges of an eleventh-century
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
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in northern France
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.
Geography
Afarming
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and forestry
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village which was created from five former parishes at the time of the French Revolution. It is situated by the banks of the Yères river, adjacent to the forest of Eu, 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 ...
, some east 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 ...
and at the junction of the D14, the D16 and the D149 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
* The church of St. Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
* Vestiges of an eleventh-century castle
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motte
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* Grandcourt War Cemetery, containing 58 Second World War burials
See also
*Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
The following is a list of the 707 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
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