Cressy, Seine-Maritime
Cressy | |
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Part of Val-de-Scie | |
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  Cressy | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°ECoordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Neufchâtel-en-Bray |
| Commune | Val-de-Scie |
| Area 1 | 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | 284 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 76720 |
| Elevation | 80–163 m (262–535 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cressy is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.[2]
Geography[]
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D22 and the D296 roads.
Heraldry[]
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The arms of Cressy are blazoned : Argent, a bendlet vert, overal a lion queue forché sable, armed and langued gules, on a chief wavy gules, a latin cross and a leopard Or.
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Population[]
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Population | 213 | 241 | 205 | 183 | 211 | 222 | 225 | 263 | 281 |
| 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 Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
- An eighteenth-century presbytery, now the town hall.
- A stone cross from the thirteenth century.
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cressy (Seine-Maritime). |
- Cressy on the Quid website (in French)
Categories:
- Former communes of Seine-Maritime
- Dieppe geography stubs