Auquemesnil

Auquemesnil
Auquemesnil
Location within Normandy region
Auquemesnil
Coordinates: 49°56′44″N 1°19′50″E / 49.9456°N 1.3306°E / 49.9456; 1.3306Coordinates: 49°56′44″N 1°19′50″E / 49.9456°N 1.3306°E / 49.9456; 1.3306
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-2
Intercommunality -
Government
  Mayor (-) -
Area1 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 278
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76037 /76630
Elevation 40–150 m (130–490 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 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.

Auquemesnil is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[1]

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) east of Dieppe on the D22 road.

Heraldry

The arms of Auquemesnil are blazoned :
Argent, on a bend azure between 2 oaks eradicated vert, 3 stalks of wheat palewise Or.

Population

Historical population of Auquemesnil
Year19621968197519821990199920062015
Population289288259241239245299278
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The twelfth century church of St.Laurent.

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
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