Buchy, Seine-Maritime

Buchy
Commune

Coat of arms
Buchy

Coordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°E / 49.5861; 1.3603Coordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°E / 49.5861; 1.3603
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Le Mesnil-Esnard
Intercommunality Inter-Caux-Vexin
Government
 • Mayor (2017–2020) Patrick Chauvet
Area1 26.30 km2 (10.15 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 2,697
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76146 /76750
Elevation 139–231 m (456–758 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.

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 Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Bosc-Roger-sur-Buchy and Estouteville-Écalles were merged into Buchy.[1]

The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are "Buchois, Buchoises."[2]

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
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2016 (in French)
  2. ↑ "Commune"
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