Amfreville-les-Champs (Seine-Maritime)
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Yvetot | |
| Community association | Plateau de Caux-Doudeville-Yerville | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 ' N , 0 ° 49' E | |
| height | 141-167 m | |
| surface | 4.60 km 2 | |
| Residents | 171 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76560 | |
| INSEE code | 76006 | |
| Website | amfrevilleleschamps76.fr | |
_mairie-%C3%A9cole.jpg) Town hall and school building |
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Amfreville-les-Champs is a commune with 171 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rouen and to the community association Plateau de Caux-Doudeville-Yerville, founded in 2016 .
geography
The municipality is located in the Pays de Caux , about 37 kilometers northwest of the city of Rouen . Neighboring municipalities of Amfreville-les-Champs are Berville-en-Caux in the north, Ouville-l'Abbaye in the east, Criquetot-sur-Ouville in the southeast, Grémonville in the south, Yvecrique in the west and Doudeville in the northwest.
There are no surface rivers in the municipality; the precipitation seeps into the calcareous soil. With the exception of the small forest Bois d'Ouville in the far east, the municipal area consists of arable and meadow areas. In addition to the eponymous village of Amfreville-les-Champs , the municipality includes the hamlets of Yémanville and Gueulleville as well as several scattered farms.
history
The place was first named as Amfrevilla around 1240 . In 1369 the spelling Anfreville es camps appeared. It is believed that the Scandinavian first name Ásfridr can be considered an origin. A parish in Amfreville already existed within the deanery of Canville-les-Deux-Églises according to a document dated January 30, 1249, which comes from Eudes Rigaud , Archbishop of Rouen . The south wall of the nave of today's parish church Saint-Pierre was built in 1682, the addition of the sacristy dates back to 1867. Some parts of the church, such as the piscinium, date from the 13th century. A monumental cross in the cemetery dates from 1619, the mayor and school building ( Mairie-école ) was built in 1876.
Until the French Revolution the community was called Amfreville . In order to distinguish it (by post) from other communities of the same name , the community was renamed to Amfreville-les-Champs in 1801 - regardless of the fact that there was already a community called Amfreville-les-Champs in the neighboring Eure department .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | ||
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| 130 | 105 | 96 | 80 | 111 | 99 | 135 | 171 | ||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Farming museum in the hamlet of Yémonville with permanent exhibitions on the tradition of flax cultivation and flax extraction
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture still plays an important role in the community. Flax cultivation, which dominated here into the 20th century, has now been replaced by grain production. Ten farms are located in Amfreville-les-Champs (grain cultivation, dairy farming, cattle and rabbit breeding). Some jobs are offered by craft businesses (carpentry, drywall), and numerous residents commute to the surrounding larger cities.
Amfreville-les-Champs is a primary school location and is connected to the surrounding towns and communities by a well-developed road network in all directions. The train station in Motteville, eight kilometers away, is on the railway line from Paris Gare Saint-Lazare to Le Havre ( Ligne de Paris-Saint-Lazare au Havre ). Six kilometers south of Amfreville-les-Champs is access to the motorway A 29 .
supporting documents
- ↑ History of the place on www.villages76.com ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ 792 and 654 parish names on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Amfreville-les-Champs on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Amfreville-les-Champs on insee.fr
- ↑ ecomusee-pays-de-caux on www.normandie-tourisme.fr (French)
- ↑ Farms on annuaire.mairie.fr (French)
