Derchigny

Derchigny is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux. The local name is Derchigny-Graincourt as the commune resulted from the merger of two former communes, Derchigny and Graincourt, in 1822.

Derchigny
Part of Petit-Caux
Coat of arms
Location of Derchigny
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Coordinates: 49°56′19″N 1°11′19″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-2
Commune	Petit-Caux
Area 1	4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	589
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76370
Elevation	40–116 m (131–381 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.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 54 and the D 925 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Derchigny

The arms of Derchigny are blazoned : Vert, a bend sinister argent between a castle and in base a coffee leaf bendwise sinister.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 83 —     1800 85 +2.4% 1806 88 +3.5% 1821 95 +8.0% 1831 459 +383.2% 1836 446 −2.8% 1841 434 −2.7% 1846 407 −6.2% 1851 418 +2.7% 1856 413 −1.2% 1861 389 −5.8% 1866 412 +5.9% 1872 392 −4.9% 1876 380 −3.1% 1881 392 +3.2% 1886 397 +1.3% 1891 414 +4.3% 1896 391 −5.6% 1901 360 −7.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 376 +4.4% 1911 377 +0.3% 1921 369 −2.1% 1926 319 −13.6% 1931 346 +8.5% 1936 359 +3.8% 1946 392 +9.2% 1954 354 −9.7% 1962 282 −20.3% 1968 291 +3.2% 1975 314 +7.9% 1982 379 +20.7% 1990 384 +1.3% 1999 416 +8.3% 2004 476 +14.4% 2006 497 +4.4% 2009 559 +12.5% 2011 569 +1.8%

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The church of St. Valery, dating from the eleventh century.
• The eighteenth-century château de Wargemont (made famous by the owners, the Berard family, being patrons of Auguste Renoir).
• The château de Derchigny, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department