Cressy, Seine-Maritime

Cressy is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.[2]

Cressy
Part of Val-de-Scie
Coat of arms
Location of Cressy
Cressy
Cressy
Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 1°10′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonNeufchâtel-en-Bray
CommuneVal-de-Scie
Area
1
4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
284
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76720
Elevation80–163 m (262–535 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Dieppe, at the junction of the D22 and the D296 roads.

Heraldry
Arms of Cressy
 The arms of Cressy are blazoned :
Argent, a bendlet vert, overal a lion queue forché sable, armed and langued gules, on a chief wavy gules, a latin cross and a leopard Or.

Population
Historical population of Cressy, Seine-Maritime
Year196219681975198219901999200620092010
Population213241205183211222225263281
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • An eighteenth-century presbytery, now the town hall.
  • A stone cross from the thirteenth century.

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)



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