Monchy-sur-Eu

Monchy-sur-Eu
Coat of arms
Monchy-sur-Eu
Location within Normandy region  Monchy-sur-Eu
Coordinates: 49°59′45″N 1°27′14″E / 49.9958°N 1.4539°ECoordinates: 49°59′45″N 1°27′14″E / 49.9958°N 1.4539°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Eu
Intercommunality	Yères et Plateaux
Government
• Mayor	Gérard Coulombel
Area^1	8.99 km^2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	549
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76442 / 76260
Elevation	49–142 m (161–466 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 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.

Monchy-sur-Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D126 and the D58 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Monchy-sur-Eu are blazoned : Argent, within a square voided tenné, a trefoil, all within a bordure vert. (tenné may not be a 'proper' tincture but it's the closest that English heraldry has to orange.)

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
400	431	398	431	478	492	549
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Riquier, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Monchy-sur-Eu on the Quid website (French)