Derchigny

Derchigny

Coat of arms
Derchigny
Location within Normandy region
Derchigny
Coordinates: 49°56′19″N 1°11′19″E / 49.9386°N 1.1886°E / 49.9386; 1.1886Coordinates: 49°56′19″N 1°11′19″E / 49.9386°N 1.1886°E / 49.9386; 1.1886
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-2
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Daniel Maréchal
Area1 4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 569
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76215 /76370
Elevation 40–116 m (131–381 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 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.

Derchigny is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[1] The local name is Derchigny-Graincourt as the commune is the reunion of two ancient communes, Derchigny and Graincourt.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 54 and the D 925 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Derchigny are blazoned :
Vert, a bend sinister argent between a castle and in base a coffee leaf bendwise sinister.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
179383—    
180085+2.4%
180688+3.5%
182195+8.0%
1831459+383.2%
1836446−2.8%
1841434−2.7%
1846407−6.2%
1851418+2.7%
1856413−1.2%
1861389−5.8%
1866412+5.9%
1872392−4.9%
1876380−3.1%
1881392+3.2%
1886397+1.3%
1891414+4.3%
1896391−5.6%
1901360−7.9%
1906376+4.4%
1911377+0.3%
1921369−2.1%
1926319−13.6%
1931346+8.5%
1936359+3.8%
1946392+9.2%
1954354−9.7%
1962282−20.3%
1968291+3.2%
1975314+7.9%
1982379+20.7%
1990384+1.3%
1999416+8.3%
2004476+14.4%
2006497+4.4%
2009559+12.5%
2011569+1.8%

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The church of St.Valery, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The eighteenth-century château de Wargemont (made famous by the owners, the Berard family, being patrons of Auguste Renoir).
  • The château de Derchigny, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
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