Auffay

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Auffay
Part of Val-de-Scie
The church in Auffay
The church in Auffay
Coat of arms of Auffay
Location of Auffay
Auffay is located in France
Auffay
Auffay
Coordinates: 49°43′07″N 1°06′04″E / 49.7186°N 1.1011°E / 49.7186; 1.1011Coordinates: 49°43′07″N 1°06′04″E / 49.7186°N 1.1011°E / 49.7186; 1.1011
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonLuneray
CommuneVal-de-Scie
Area
1
11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
1,876
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76720
Elevation90–162 m (295–531 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auffay (French pronunciation: ​[ofɛ]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.[2]

Geography[]

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie River of the Pays de Caux, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D50, D22, D3 and D301 roads.

Heraldry[]

Arms of Auffay
The arms of Auffay are blazoned :
Azure, a beech tree proper impaled with Gules, an episcopal crozier and a sword inverted in saltire argent.



Population[]

Historical population of Auffay
Year19621968197519821990199920062015
Population14481432170217881888186717931877
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest[]

  • The collegial church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The eighteenth-century stone cross.
  • The seventeenth-century château du Bosmelet.

Twin towns[]

See also[]

  • Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

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