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Buchy, Seine-Maritime

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Buchy
Location of Buchy
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonBuchy
IntercommunalityMoulin d'Ecalles
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Patrick Chauvet
Area
1
3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
1,407
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76146 /76750
Elevation169–211 m (554–692 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 Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are "Buchois, Buchoises."[1]

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

Arms of Buchy
Arms of Buchy
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.



Population

Historical population of Buchy, Seine-Maritime
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population891100110241057110911501407
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

References