Torcy-le-Grand, Seine-Maritime

Torcy-le-Grand
Commune
The church in Torcy-le-Grand
Coat of arms
Torcy-le-Grand Location within Normandy region Torcy-le-Grand
Coordinates: 49°48′00″N 1°10′35″E / 49.8°N 1.1764°E / 49.8; 1.1764Coordinates: 49°48′00″N 1°10′35″E / 49.8°N 1.1764°E / 49.8; 1.1764
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Intercommunality	CC Terroir de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Yves-Morin
Area1	8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	729
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76697 /76590
Elevation	32–172 m (105–564 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 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.

Torcy-le-Grand is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux and by the banks of the Varenne River, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D915, the D154 and the D149 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Torcy-le-Grand are blazoned : Barry gules and argent, a lion Or langued gules.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Ribert, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The remains of a fifteenth-century chateau on an island in the river.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torcy-le-Grand (Seine-Maritime).

• Torcy-le-Grand on the Quid website (in French)