Buchy, Seine-Maritime

Buchy
Coat of arms
Buchy
Location within Normandy region  Buchy
Coordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°ECoordinates: 49°35′10″N 1°21′37″E / 49.5861°N 1.3603°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Buchy
Intercommunality	Moulin d'Ecalles
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Patrick Chauvet
Area^1	3.67 km^2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,407
• Density	380/km^2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76146 / 76750
Elevation	169–211 m (554–692 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 Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are "Buchois, Buchoises."^[1]

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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	891	1001	1024	1057	1109	1150	1407
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 Sts. Peter & Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An eleventh-century feudal motte.
• The seventeenth-century market hall.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

1. "Commune"

External links

• Buchy on the Quid website (French)