Buchy, Seine-Maritime
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Coordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°ECoordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Le Mesnil-Esnard |
Intercommunality | Inter-Caux-Vexin |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Chauvet |
Area 1 | 26.30 km2 (10.15 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 2,825 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76146 /76750 |
Elevation | 139–231 m (456–758 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Buchy is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Bosc-Roger-sur-Buchy and Estouteville-Écalles were merged into Buchy.[2]
The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are "Buchois, Buchoises."[3]
Geography[]
A small farming town situated in the Pays de Bray some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D7, D41 and the D919 roads.
Heraldry[]
The arms of Buchy are blazoned : Azure, an ax argent, handled Or, planted in a stump proper, on a chief gules, 3 logger's wedges argent.
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Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 891 | 1001 | 1024 | 1057 | 1109 | 1150 | 1407 |
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 church of Sts. Peter & Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
- An eleventh-century feudal motte.
- The seventeenth-century market hall.
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2016 (in French)
- ^ "Commune"
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