Auppegard

Auppegard
Auppegard
Location within Upper Normandy region Auppegard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Bacqueville-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Pierre Martine
Area1	7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	673
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76036 / 76730
Elevation	73–107 m (240–351 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D308 roads.

Etymology

Appelgart 1160; Anglo-Norse place name æppel > apple and gardr > yard, garden. Like Applegarth (Yorkshire, Appelgard 1160 ) and Épégard (Eure, Alpegard 1199 ).

It shows, that apples have been grown in Normandy for a long time, probably already to make cider.

Population

Historical population of Auppegard

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	393	422	468	523	551	561	673
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 sixteenth-century church of St.Pierre, with a twisted spire.
• The seventeenth-century château.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Auppegard on the Quid website (French)