Quincampoix

Quincampoix
Commune
The town hall in Quincampoix

Coat of arms
Quincampoix
Location within Normandy region
Quincampoix
Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 1°11′07″E / 49.5253°N 1.1853°E / 49.5253; 1.1853Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 1°11′07″E / 49.5253°N 1.1853°E / 49.5253; 1.1853
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Éric Herbet
Area1 20.34 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 3,023
  Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76517 /76230
Elevation 80–180 m (260–590 ft)
(avg. 166 m or 545 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.

Quincampoix is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D 90, D 928 and the D 51 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Quincampoix are blazoned :
Per fess 1: Or, a chestnut tree vert issuant from the line of division and 2: Azure, a chevron between a mullet and a toothed wheel and, in saltire, a pitchfork and an ax Or. (created 1977)

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793846    
1800890+5.2%
1806865−2.8%
1821924+6.8%
18311,053+14.0%
18361,020−3.1%
18411,033+1.3%
18461,070+3.6%
1851980−8.4%
1856978−0.2%
1861962−1.6%
18661,135+18.0%
1872944−16.8%
1876926−1.9%
1881849−8.3%
1886886+4.4%
1891848−4.3%
1896810−4.5%
1901849+4.8%
1906751−11.5%
1911802+6.8%
1921778−3.0%
1926821+5.5%
1931858+4.5%
1936855−0.3%
1946899+5.1%
1954948+5.5%
1962969+2.2%
19681,022+5.5%
19751,242+21.5%
19821,676+34.9%
19902,107+25.7%
19992,690+27.7%
20063,090+14.9%
20113,023−2.2%

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Marguerite, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

People

See also

References

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