Monchy-sur-Eu

Monchy-sur-Eu
Commune
The town hall and school in 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°E / 49.9958; 1.4539Coordinates: 49°59′45″N 1°27′14″E / 49.9958°N 1.4539°E / 49.9958; 1.4539
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Eu
Intercommunality CC Villes Sœurs
Government
 • Mayor Gérard Coulombel
Area1 8.99 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 549
 • Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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 Normandy 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
1962196819751982199019992006
400431398431478492549
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

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

See also

References


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