Auffay

Auffay
Auffay
Location within Upper Normandy region Auffay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Tôtes
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2001–)	Christian Suronne
Area1	11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,793
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76034 / 76720
Elevation	90–162 m (295–531 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.

Auffay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie River of the Pays de Caux, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D50, D22, D3 and D301 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Auffay are blazoned : Azure, a beech tree proper impaled with Gules, an episcopal crozier and a sword inverted in saltire argent.

Population

Historical population of Auffay

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1448	1432	1702	1788	1888	1867	1793
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The collegial church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The eighteenth-century stone cross.
• The seventeenth-century château du Bosmelet.

Twin towns

• Bleckede, Germany since 1977
• Monreal del Campo, Spain

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Auffray Tourist office website (French)
• Auffay on the Quid website (French)