Le Fossé

Part of Forges-les-Eaux in Normandy, France

Location of Le Fossé

49°36′34″N 1°34′23″E / 49.6094°N 1.5731°E / 49.6094; 1.5731CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentSeine-MaritimeArrondissementDieppeCantonGournay-en-BrayCommuneForges-les-Eaux Area

10.11 km² (3.90 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

490 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

76440

Elevation138–227 m (453–745 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Fossé is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Forges-les-Eaux.^[2]

Geography

A farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D9 and the D915 roads.

Population

Historical population of Le Fossé
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	386	384	377	303	359	382	458
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.