Auffay

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Auffay
Auffay is located in France
Auffay
Auffay
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Auffay is located in Upper Normandy
Auffay
Auffay
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Tôtes
Intercommunality Trois Rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2001–) Christian Suronne
Area1 11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,793
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76034 / 76720
Elevation 90–162 m (295–531 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 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.

Auffay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie River of the Pays de Caux, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D50, D22, D3 and D301 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Auffay
The arms of Auffay are blazoned :
Azure, a beech tree proper impaled with Gules, an episcopal crozier and a sword inverted in saltire argent.



Population

Historical population of Auffay
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 1448 1432 1702 1788 1888 1867 1793
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 collegial church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The eighteenth-century stone cross.
  • The seventeenth-century château du Bosmelet.

Twin towns

See also

References

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