Buchy, Seine-Maritime
Appearance
Buchy | |
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The town hall in Buchy | |
Coordinates: 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 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Lefebvre[1] |
Area 1 | 26.30 km2 (10.15 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,805 |
• 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 (French pronunciation: [byʃi]) 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.[3]
The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are called Buchois, Buchoises in French.[4]
Geography
[edit]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. Montérolier-Buchy station has rail connections to Rouen, Lille and Amiens.
Heraldry
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,746 | — |
1975 | 1,842 | +0.77% |
1982 | 1,886 | +0.34% |
1990 | 1,984 | +0.64% |
1999 | 2,174 | +1.02% |
2007 | 2,581 | +2.17% |
2012 | 2,635 | +0.41% |
2017 | 2,757 | +0.91% |
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Buchy at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[5] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of Sts. Peter & Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
- An eleventh-century feudal motte.
- The seventeenth-century market hall.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2016 (in French)
- ^ Seine-Maritime, habitants.fr
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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