Buchy, Seine-Maritime

Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Buchy

(2020–2026) Joël Lefebvre^[1]Area

26.30 km² (10.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,805 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

76146 /76750

Elevation139–231 m (456–758 ft)
(avg. 192 m or 630 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buchy (French pronunciation: [byʃi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Bosc-Roger-sur-Buchy and Estouteville-Écalles were merged into Buchy.^[3]

The inhabitants of the town of Buchy are called Buchois, Buchoises in French.^[4]

Geography

A small farming town situated in the Pays de Bray some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D7, D41 and the D919 roads. Montérolier-Buchy station has rail connections to Rouen, Lille and Amiens.

Heraldry

The arms of Buchy are blazoned :
Azure, an ax argent, handled Or, planted in a stump proper, on a chief gules, 3 logger's wedges argent.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,746	—
1975	1,842	+0.77%
1982	1,886	+0.34%
1990	1,984	+0.64%
1999	2,174	+1.02%
2007	2,581	+2.17%
2012	2,635	+0.41%
2017	2,757	+0.91%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Buchy at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE^[5]

Places of interest

The church of Sts. Peter & Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
An eleventh-century feudal motte.
The seventeenth-century market hall.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 November 2016 (in French)
^ Seine-Maritime, habitants.fr
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE