Buchy, Seine-Maritime

Buchy

Buchy
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Buchy
Intercommunality Moulin d'Ecalles
Mayor Patrick Chauvet
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 169–211 m (554–692 ft)
(avg. 192 m/630 ft)
Land area1 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population2 1,407  (2006)
 - Density 383 /km2 (990 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76146/ 76750
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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]

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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

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
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 891 1001 1024 1057 1109 1150 1407
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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