Sommery

Sommery is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Sommery
Commune
The town hall in Sommery
Coat of arms
Location of Sommery
Sommery Sommery
Coordinates: 49°38′07″N 1°26′27″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Bray-Eawy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Bailleul[1]
Area ^1	21.39 km^2 (8.26 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	809
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76678 /76440
Elevation	117–236 m (384–774 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D915, D1 and D7 roads. Three streams within the commune's territory feed the river Béthune. SNCF railways have a TER station here.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	735	—
1975	665	−1.42%
1982	619	−1.02%
1990	583	−0.75%
1999	645	+1.13%
2007	706	+1.14%
2012	867	+4.19%
2017	809	−1.38%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• An eighteenth-century cider press at the seventeenth-century Bray farm.
• The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE