Offranville
Offranville | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Offranville  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Offranville |
| Intercommunality | Dieppe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2015) | Claude Dolique |
| Area 1 | 17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 3,643 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76482 /76550 |
| Elevation | 8–92 m (26–302 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Offranville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D55, the D54 and the D237 roads, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Dieppe. The river Scie forms most of the commune’s eastern border with Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie.
Heraldry
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The arms of Offranville are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Or, a cross gules between 16 alerions azure; 2: Barry argent and gules, a lion sable crowned Or; 3: Tierced per fess a: azure, b: Or, a semi-circle couped azure c: argent, 3 ducks sable beaked and membered gules; 4: Gules, 2 batons raguly in saltire Or between a crescent argent and 3 mullets of 5 Or.
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Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 2049 | 2040 | 2236 | 2930 | 3059 | 3471 | 3643 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
People
Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942), artist, lived and died here.
Places of interest
- The church of St.Ouen, dating from the sixteenth century, with a twisted spire.
- A 1000-year-old yew tree, 7 metres (23 feet) in circumference.
- Three châteaux and their parks.
- The Jacques-Émile Blanche museum.
Twin towns
See also
References
External links
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