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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Auffay

Auffay (French pronunciation: [ofɛ]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie 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

Arms of Auffay
Arms of Auffay
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
Year19621968197519821990199920062015
Population14481432170217881888186717931877
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

See also

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