Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Dieppe |
Canton: | Gournay-en-Bray |
Insee: | 76739 |
Postal Code: | 76390 |
Mayor: | Bruno Borgoo[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle |
Coordinates: | 49.8347°N 1.7211°W |
Elevation M: | 89 |
Elevation Min M: | 76 |
Elevation Max M: | 210 |
Area Km2: | 14.92 |
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle (in French pronounced as /vjø ʁwɑ̃ syʁ bʁɛl/, literally Old Rouen on Bresle) is a French commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
A village of light industry and farming situated on the banks of the river Bresle in the Pays de Bray, some 27miles southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D49, D96 and the D60.
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle is a Norman village in the Bresle valley located in Seine-Maritime and bordering the Somme department, which is part of the old Talou, and is marked by the presence of the glassware created in 1892.
It is crossed by the railway line from Épinay-Villetaneuse to Le Tréport-Mers, but the nearest station is the Aumale station. It is served by the RD 49, which connects Aumale to Tréport by the left bank of the Bresle.
The south and west of the town are wooded.
The river Bresle and its tributary Méline pass through Vieux-Rouen.