Cressy, Seine-Maritime
Cressy | |
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Location of Cressy  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Bellencombre |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bosc d'Eawy |
Area 1 | 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 281 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76191 /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 commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 19 miles (31 km) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 22 and the D 296 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
References
External links
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