Criquiers

Criquiers
Criquiers
Location within Upper Normandy region Criquiers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Aumale
Intercommunality	Canton of Aumale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Michel
Area1	23.55 km2 (9.09 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	647
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76199 / 76390
Elevation	164–245 m (538–804 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D82, D236 and the D8 roads and on the border with the Oise département.

Population

Historical population of Criquiers

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	552	615	545	530	581	602	647
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A nineteenth century chapel.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Criquiers on the Quid website (French)