Torcy-le-Grand, Seine-Maritime

Torcy-le-Grand is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Torcy-le-Grand
The church in Torcy-le-Grand
Coat of arms
Location of Torcy-le-Grand
Torcy-le-Grand
Torcy-le-Grand
Coordinates: 49°48′00″N 1°10′35″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonLuneray
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Laurent Servais-Picord
Area
1
8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
773
  Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76697 /76590
Elevation32–172 m (105–564 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 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 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.

Heraldry

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968576    
1975589+0.32%
1982611+0.53%
1990628+0.34%
1999720+1.53%
2007713−0.12%
2012729+0.44%
2017773+1.18%
Source: INSEE[2]

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.

See also

References


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