Monchy-sur-Eu

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Monchy-sur-Eu
Monchy-sur-Eu
Coordinates: 49°59′45″N 1°27′14″E / 49.9958°N 1.4539°E / 49.9958; 1.4539Coordinates: 49°59′45″N 1°27′14″E / 49.9958°N 1.4539°E / 49.9958; 1.4539
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality Yères et Plateaux
Government
  Mayor Gérard Coulombel
Area
  Land1 8.99 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 549
  Population2 Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76442 / 76260
Elevation 49–142 m (161–466 ft)
(avg. 119 m or 390 ft)

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.

Monchy-sur-Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D126 and the D58 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Monchy-sur-Eu are blazoned :
Argent, within a square voided tenné, a trefoil, all within a bordure vert. (tenné may not be a 'proper' tincture but it's the closest that English heraldry has to orange.)

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
400 431 398 431 478 492 549
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Riquier, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

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