Derchigny

Part of Petit-Caux in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Derchigny

49°56′19″N 1°11′19″E / 49.9386°N 1.1886°E / 49.9386; 1.1886CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentSeine-MaritimeArrondissementDieppeCantonDieppe-2CommunePetit-Caux Area

4.75 km² (1.83 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

589 • Density120/km² (320/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

76370

Elevation40–116 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.

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.^[2] The local name is Derchigny-Graincourt as the commune resulted from the merger of two former communes, Derchigny and Graincourt, in 1822.^[3]

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

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.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Derchigny, EHESS (in French).