Auffay

Auffay
Part of Val-de-Scie
The church in Auffay
Coat of arms
Location of Auffay
Auffay Auffay
Coordinates: 49°43′07″N 1°06′04″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Luneray
Commune	Val-de-Scie
Area 1	11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	1,846
• Density	163/km2 (423/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76720
Elevation	90–162 m (295–531 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auffay (French pronunciation: [ofɛ]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie.

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Scie of the Pays de Caux, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D50, D22, D3 and D301 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Auffay

The arms of Auffay are blazoned : Azure, a beech tree proper impaled with Gules, an episcopal crozier and a sword inverted in saltire argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	1,448	—
1968	1,432	−0.19%
1975	1,702	+2.50%
1982	1,788	+0.71%
1990	1,888	+0.68%
1999	1,872	−0.09%
2006	1,757	−0.90%
2022	1,846	+0.31%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Places of interest

• The collegial church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The eighteenth-century stone cross.
• The seventeenth-century château du Bosmelet.

Twin towns

• Bleckede, Germany since 1977
• Monreal del Campo, Spain

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Auffray Tourist office website (in French)