Assigny, Seine-Maritime

Assigny
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Assigny
Assigny is located in France
Assigny
Assigny
Assigny is located in Normandy
Assigny
Assigny
Coordinates: 49°59′11″N 1°17′36″E / 49.9864°N 1.2933°E / 49.9864; 1.2933
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area
1
6.05 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
388
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76630
Elevation55–108 m (180–354 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.

Assigny 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.[2]

Geography

A farming village in the Petit Caux district, situated some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D222 and D113 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Assigny
Arms of Assigny
 The arms of Assigny are blazoned :
Azure, on a fess Or between 2 eagles and a crowned lion argent, a pinecone reversed between 2 mallets gules.



Population

Historical population of Assigny, Seine-Maritime
Year19621968197519821990199920062013
Population237248237238287306331384
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 church of St. Médard, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The château dating from the sixteenth century
  • A wind farm, on the outskirts of the commune.
  • The windmills of Assigny
    The windmills of Assigny

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
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