Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy

Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy
Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy
Location within Upper Normandy region Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Government
• Mayor	Béatrice Drouin
Area1	13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	670
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76571 / 76750
Elevation	120–195 m (394–640 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 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.

Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy are "Cruciens St., San Cruciennes."

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D90, D93 and the D98 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
356	438	460	462	512	545	670
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Croix, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Médard & St. Godard, dating from the twelfth century.
• Traces of the chateau du Grand Beslel.
• The seventeenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy on the Quid website (French)