Torcy-le-Grand, Seine-Maritime

Torcy-le-Grand

Torcy-le-Grand is located in France
Torcy-le-Grand
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Longueville-sur-Scie
Intercommunality Varenne et Scie
Mayor Jean-Yves-Morin
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 32–172 m (105–564 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
Land area1 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population2 729  (2006)
 - Density 83 /km2 (210 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76697/ 76590
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°48′00″N 1°10′35″E / 49.8°N 1.1764°E / 49.8; 1.1764

Torcy-le-Grand is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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.

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Heraldry

Arms of Torcy-le-Grand

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




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Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
587 576 589 611 628 718 729
Starting from 1962: Population without duplicates
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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.
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Last modified on 23 February 2013, at 01:24