Longueville-sur-Scie

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Longueville-sur-Scie

|commune status = Commune

|image = Église de Longueville sur Scie une soirée d'hiver 2009.JPG

|caption = The church in Longueville-sur-Scie

|image coat of arms = Blason_Longueville-sur-Scie.svg

|arrondissement = Dieppe

|canton = Luneray

|INSEE = 76397

|postal code = 76590

|mayor = Olivier Bureaux{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Terroir de Caux

|coordinates = {{coord|49.7928|1.1103|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 95

|elevation min m = 52

|elevation max m = 139

|area km2 = 3.96

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Longueville-sur-Scie ({{IPA|fr|lɔ̃ɡvil syʁ si}}, literally Longueville on Scie) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|9|mi|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

{{Blazon-arms

| img1=Blason_Longueville-sur-Scie.svg

| legend1=Arms of Longueville-sur-Scie

| text=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

{{Historical populations

| 1968|801

| 1975|764

| 1982|844

| 1990|820

| 1999|936

| 2007|947

| 2012|975

| 2017|980

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76397#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

}}

Places of interest

The church of St.Pierre, dating from the eleventh century.
Ruins of an 11th-century castle, built by Walter Giffard, Lord 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.

Longueville-sur-Scie is twinned with Newton Longville in Buckinghamshire, England.

References

Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime