Avesnes-en-Val

Avesnes-en-Val
Commune
The town hall in Avesnes-en-Val
Location of Avesnes-en-Val
Avesnes-en-Val Avesnes-en-Val
Coordinates: 49°55′16″N 1°23′53″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC Falaises Talou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Flamand
Area 1	16.51 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	269
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76049 /76630
Elevation	79–184 m (259–604 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avesnes-en-Val (French pronunciation: [avɛn ɑ̃ val]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming commune comprising the village itself and seven hamlets, in the Pays de Bray, situated some 17 miles (27 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D26 and D226 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	406	—
1975	372	−1.24%
1982	307	−2.71%
1990	291	−0.67%
1999	268	−0.91%
2007	281	+0.59%
2012	264	−1.24%
2017	279	+1.11%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The sixteenth century church of St. Aignan.
• The church of Saint-Melaine dating from the sixteenth century.
• The sixteenth century church of Notre-Dame at Villy-le-Haut.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department