Cany-Barville (French pronunciation: [kani baʁvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Cany-Barville
The church in Cany-Barville
The church in Cany-Barville
Coat of arms of Cany-Barville
Location of Cany-Barville
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Cany-Barville is located in France
Cany-Barville
Cany-Barville
Cany-Barville is located in Normandy
Cany-Barville
Cany-Barville
Coordinates: 49°47′19″N 0°38′22″E / 49.7886°N 0.6394°E / 49.7886; 0.6394
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Thévenot[1]
Area
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13.57 km2 (5.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,947
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76159 /76450
Elevation10–126 m (33–413 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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A farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux, some 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D925, D10 and the D268 roads.

Heraldry

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Arms of Cany-Barville
The arms of Cany-Barville are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Argent, 2 garbs of wheat vert and an apple tree vert fructed gules; 2: Azure, a horse and in sinister chief a sheep argent; 3: Azure, a pike contourny and an eel contourny argent; 4: Argent, a hill filling most of the field, rising to sinister, with 5 trees at the top, vert, a fess wavy argent 'river'. [Really, quarter 4 is Vert, a fess wavy argent, and a bit of indescribable sky argent.]



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,704—    
1975 2,209+3.78%
1982 3,202+5.45%
1990 3,349+0.56%
1999 3,364+0.05%
2007 3,097−1.03%
2012 3,014−0.54%
2017 3,052+0.25%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

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  • The church of St. Siméon, at Barville, dating from the 16th century
  • The church of St. Martin, at Cany, dating from the 13th century
  • The 17th-century chapel of St. Gilles and St. Leu
  • The 17th-century château de Cany, built between 1640 and 1656 by François Mansart, with its chapel and a park
  • Remains of a fortified manor house dating from the 14th century
  • A feudal motte at Barville
  • The 15th-century watermill and museum.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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