Auffay
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| local community | Val-de-Scie | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 43 ' N , 1 ° 6' E | |
| Post Code | 76720 | |
| Former INSEE code | 76034 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | Auffay | |
 Auffay - Collegiate Church |
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Auffay is a place and a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Val-de-Scie with 1,876 inhabitants (1 January 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy .
location
Auffay is about 100 meters above sea level. d. M. in the valley of the Scie in the Pays de Caux about 42 kilometers (driving distance) north of Rouen or 27 kilometers south of Dieppe .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 1,448 | 1,432 | 1,702 | 1,788 | 1,888 | 1,867 | 1,793 |
In the 19th and first half of the 20th century, the place consistently had between 1,000 and a maximum of almost 1,500 inhabitants.
economy
Agriculture still plays the most important role in the economic life of the municipality, which for centuries also functioned as a regional trade, handicraft and service center for the hamlets and farmsteads in the area.
history
Six Augustinian canons founded a church here in 1060 , but 19 years later they were replaced by Benedictine monks from Saint-Évroult Abbey . The place that was developing around the monastery received municipal rights in 1203 through Duke Johann Ohneland . After the Battle of Azincourt (1415), one of the most important events of the Hundred Years War , the place was occupied by the English; the Burgundians set it on fire in 1472. King Henry IV stayed in the city several times. During the French Revolution , Auffay was the canton capital for a number of years (1790–1801) . On the night of June 10th to 11th, 1940, the place was badly hit by German fire bombs ; later there was a launch pad for V1 rockets nearby .
The municipality of Auffay merged with Cressy and Sévis to form the Commune nouvelle Val-de-Scie on January 1, 2019 . Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée.
Attractions
Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame
The former collegiate church and today's parish church is dominated by a crossing tower designed as a lantern tower . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1846 .
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Bosmelet Castle
The castle was built in the first half of the 17th century and added to in later times. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1931 . In World War II heavily damaged by bombing, parts can the restored building be rented for events or as a holiday today.
Personalities
- Abel Decaux (1869–1943), French organist, composer and music teacher
- Michel Hollard (1898–1993), French resistance fighter
Twin cities
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Bleckede , Lower Saxony -
Monreal del Campo , Teruel Province (Spain)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église, Auffay in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Château de Bosmelet, Auffay in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)