Longueville-sur-Scie

Longueville-sur-Scie
Longueville-sur-Scie
Location within Upper Normandy region Longueville-sur-Scie
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Longueville-sur-Scie
Intercommunality	Varenne et Scie
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Serge Boulanger
Area1	3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	949
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76397 / 76590
Elevation	52–139 m (171–456 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Longueville-sur-Scie is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D77, the D149 and the D3 roads. The commune is served by the TER railway between Dieppe and Rouen.

Coat of arms

The arms of Longueville-sur-Scie are blazoned : Gules, a triple-towered castle argent masoned sable with a portcullis Or, in sinister chief a falcon volant sable.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
725	801	764	844	820	936	949
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the eleventh century.
• Ruins of an 11th-century castle, built by Gautier Giffard, a seigneur of Longueville.

Miscellany

The village was formerly known as Longueville-le-Giffard, one of its sons was Osbern Giffard, who gave his name to Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire, England.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Longueville-sur-Scie on the Quid website (French)