Grèges

Grèges
Grèges
Location within Upper Normandy region  Grèges
Coordinates: 49°55′25″N 1°08′45″E / 49.9236°N 1.1458°ECoordinates: 49°55′25″N 1°08′45″E / 49.9236°N 1.1458°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-Est
Intercommunality	Dieppe
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Lefevre
Area^1	3.13 km^2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	796
• Density	250/km^2 (660/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76324 / 76370
Elevation	74–101 m (243–331 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.

Grèges is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and suburban village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D920 and the D100 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Grèges are blazoned : Per pale gules and vert, a pallet ?raguly? argent between 4 fleurs-de-lys Or. (the centre charge might also be blasoned 'a lopped branch palewise', as it is not what English would describe as 'raguly'.

Population

Historical population of Grèges

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	323	333	383	594	761	742	796
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The ruins of a 15th-century presbytery.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Grèges on the Quid website (French)