Cressy, Seine-Maritime

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Cressy
Part of Val-de-Scie
Coat of arms of Cressy
Location of Cressy
Cressy is located in France
Cressy
Cressy
Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°E / 49.7236; 1.1667Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°E / 49.7236; 1.1667
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonNeufchâtel-en-Bray
CommuneVal-de-Scie
Area
1
4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
284
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76720
Elevation80–163 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[]

Arms of Cressy
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.



Population[]

Historical population of Cressy, Seine-Maritime
Year196219681975198219901999200620092010
Population213241205183211222225263281
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[]

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