Auppegard

Auppegard
Auppegard
Commune
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	Coordinates: 49°49′49″N 1°01′50″E / 49.8303°N 1.0306°ECoordinates: 49°49′49″N 1°01′50″E / 49.8303°N 1.0306°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir Caux
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jacques Deprez
Area 1	7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	704
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76036 /76730
Elevation	73–107 m (240–351 ft) ; (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auppegard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D308 roads.

Etymology[]

Appelgart 1160; Anglo-Norse place name æppel > apple and gardr > yard, garden. Like Applegarth (Yorkshire, Appelgard 1160 ) and Épégard (Eure, Alpegard 1199 ).

It shows, that apples have been grown in Normandy for a long time, probably already to make cider.

Population[]

Historical population of Auppegard
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2015
Population	393	422	468	523	551	561	673	731
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 sixteenth-century church of St.Pierre, with a twisted spire.
The seventeenth-century château.

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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