La Ferté-Saint-Samson Explained

La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr La Ferté-Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime).svg
Arrondissement:	Dieppe
Canton:	Gournay-en-Bray
Insee:	76261
Postal Code:	76440
Mayor:	Maurice Defromerie^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC 4 rivières
Coordinates:	49.5789°N 1.5256°W
Elevation M:	190
Elevation Min M:	119
Elevation Max M:	196
Area Km2:	19.05

La Ferté-Saint-Samson is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 39miles southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D61, the D21 and the D921 roads.

Places of interest

• The motte and ruins of a feudal castle.
• An old house dating from the sixteenth century.
• A nineteenth-century château.
• The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Samson.
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the tenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.