Neufchâtel-en-Bray

Neufchâtel-en-Bray (pronounced "newshatel", [nøʃatɛl]) is a French commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Upper Normandy Region. The inhabitants are called Neufchâtelois. The cheese of the same name is made in the area.

Geography

Location

Neufchâtel is a Brayonne commune which traversed by the Béthune River and its tributary the Philbert.

Neufchâtel is situated about 10 miles (15 km) from Londinières and Saint-Saëns, about 12 miles (17 km) from Forges-les-Eaux, about 15 miles (21 km) from Buchy, about 19 miles (27 km) from Aumale, about 20 miles from Blangy-sur-Bresle and about 25 miles (36 km) from Dieppe.

Major highways

The city is located near the intersection of Autoroute A28 which runs from Rouen to Abbeville and A29 (the Beuzeville-Le Havre-Amiens-Saint-Quentin route).

Toponymy

Old forms: Drincurt (1040 – 1047), Druoncurt 1152, Drioncurt (1174 – 1188), Driencourt was the most common form often distorted as Lincourt, an old toponym that disappeared completely by the 15th century.