Quincampoix

Quincampoix
Commune
The town hall in Quincampoix
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 1°11′07″E / 49.5253°N 1.1853°E / 49.5253; 1.1853Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 1°11′07″E / 49.5253°N 1.1853°E / 49.5253; 1.1853
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Inter-Caux-Vexin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Herbet
Area 1	20.34 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,007
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76517 /76230
Elevation	80–180 m (260–590 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quincampoix (French pronunciation: ​[kɛ̃kɑ̃pwa]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D 90, D 928 and the D 51 roads.

Heraldry[]

The arms of Quincampoix are blazoned : Per fess 1: Or, a chestnut tree vert issuant from the line of division and 2: Azure, a chevron between a mullet and a toothed wheel and, in saltire, a pitchfork and an ax Or. (created 1977)

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Marguerite, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

People[]

• It is the burial place of Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987) a road racing cyclist.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quincampoix.

• Official website of Quincampoix (in French)