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Part of Petit-Caux in Normandy, France
Derchigny
Part of Petit-Caux
Coat of arms of DerchignyCoat of arms
Location of Derchigny
Derchigny is located in FranceDerchignyDerchignyShow map of FranceDerchigny is located in NormandyDerchignyDerchignyShow map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°56′19″N 1°11′19″E / 49.9386°N 1.1886°E / 49.9386; 1.1886
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area4.75 km (1.83 sq mi)
Population589
 • Density120/km (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code76370
Elevation40–116 m (131–381 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Derchigny is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux. The local name is Derchigny-Graincourt as the commune resulted from the merger of two former communes, Derchigny and Graincourt, in 1822.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 54 and the D 925 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Derchigny
Arms of Derchigny
 The arms of Derchigny are blazoned :
Vert, a bend sinister argent between a castle and in base a coffee leaf bendwise sinister.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
179383—    
180085+2.4%
180688+3.5%
182195+8.0%
1831459+383.2%
1836446−2.8%
1841434−2.7%
1846407−6.2%
1851418+2.7%
1856413−1.2%
1861389−5.8%
1866412+5.9%
1872392−4.9%
1876380−3.1%
1881392+3.2%
1886397+1.3%
1891414+4.3%
1896391−5.6%
1901360−7.9%
YearPop.±%
1906376+4.4%
1911377+0.3%
1921369−2.1%
1926319−13.6%
1931346+8.5%
1936359+3.8%
1946392+9.2%
1954354−9.7%
1962282−20.3%
1968291+3.2%
1975314+7.9%
1982379+20.7%
1990384+1.3%
1999416+8.3%
2004476+14.4%
2006497+4.4%
2009559+12.5%
2011569+1.8%

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The church of St. Valery, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The eighteenth-century château de Wargemont (made famous by the owners, the Berard family, being patrons of Auguste Renoir).
  • The château de Derchigny, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Derchigny, EHESS (in French).


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