Fongueusemare | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville Fr Fougueusemare (Seine-Maritime).svg |
Arrondissement: | Le Havre |
Canton: | Octeville-sur-Mer |
Insee: | 76268 |
Postal Code: | 76280 |
Mayor: | Valérie Petit[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Le Havre Seine Métropole |
Coordinates: | 49.6792°N 0.3061°W |
Elevation M: | 115 |
Elevation Min M: | 37 |
Elevation Max M: | 136 |
Area Km2: | 11.85 |
Fongueusemare (in French pronounced as /fɔ̃ɡøzmaʁ/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
A small farming and woodland village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 16miles northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D72 and the D79 roads.
Much of the action in André Gide's book Strait Is the Gate is set in the home of the Bucolin family at Fongueusemare.