La Ferté-Saint-Samson

La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Commune
The house of Henry IV in La Ferté-Saint-Samson
Coat of arms
Location of La Ferté-Saint-Samson
La Ferté-Saint-Samson Location within France La Ferté-Saint-Samson Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 49°34′44″N 1°31′32″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Gournay-en-Bray
Intercommunality	CC 4 rivières
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Maurice Defromerie
Area 1	19.05 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Highest elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Lowest elevation	119 m (390 ft)
Population  (2023)	449
• Density	23.6/km2 (61.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76261 /76440
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D61, the D21 and the D921 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	447	—
1975	372	−2.59%
1982	319	−2.17%
1990	333	+0.54%
1999	341	+0.26%
2007	425	+2.79%
2012	460	+1.60%
2017	466	+0.26%
2023	449	−0.62%
Source: INSEE

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