Cressy, Seine-Maritime
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  Cressy | ||
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Location within Normandy region  Cressy | ||
| Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°ECoordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E / 49.7236°N 1.1667°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe | |
| Canton | Bellencombre | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bosc d'Eawy | |
| Area1 | 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 281 | |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76191 / 76720 | |
| Elevation |
80–163 m (262–535 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Cressy is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D22 and the D296 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Cressy are blazoned : Argent, a bendlet vert, overal a lion queue forché sable, armed and langued gules, on a chief wavy gules, a latin cross and a leopard Or. |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Population | 213 | 241 | 205 | 183 | 211 | 222 | 225 | 263 | 281 |
| 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 church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
- An eighteenth-century presbytery, now the town hall.
- A stone cross from the thirteenth century.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cressy (Seine-Maritime). |
- Cressy on the Quid website (French)
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