Auffay
Part of Val-de-Scie in Normandy, France
Coat of arms
Location of Auffay
49°43′07″N 1°06′04″E / 49.7186°N 1.1011°E / 49.7186; 1.1011
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Auffay (French pronunciation: [ofɛ]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.[2]
Geography
A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie of the Pays de Caux, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D50, D22, D3 and D301 roads.
Heraldry
 | The arms of Auffay are blazoned : Azure, a beech tree proper impaled with Gules, an episcopal crozier and a sword inverted in saltire argent.
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
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| Population | 1448 | 1432 | 1702 | 1788 | 1888 | 1867 | 1793 | 1877 |
| 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 collegial church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
- The eighteenth-century stone cross.
- The seventeenth-century château du Bosmelet.
Twin towns
Bleckede, Germany since 1977
Monreal del Campo, Spain
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Auffay.
- Auffray Tourist office website (in French)
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