Canton of Buchy
Former canton in Normandy, France
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The Canton of Buchy is a former canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 21 communes,[1] which joined the canton of Le Mesnil-Esnard in 2015.[2] It had a total of 10,781 inhabitants (2012).[1]
Geography
A farming area in the arrondissement of Rouen, centred on the town of Buchy. The elevation varies from 80 metres (260 ft) (Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry) to 236 metres (774 ft) (Bosc-Bordel) with an average elevation of 168 metres (551 ft) above sea level.
The canton comprised 21 communes:[1]
- Bierville
- Blainville-Crevon
- Bois-Guilbert
- Bois-Héroult
- Boissay
- Bosc-Bordel
- Bosc-Édeline
- Bosc-Roger-sur-Buchy
- Buchy
- Catenay
- Ernemont-sur-Buchy
- Estouteville-Écalles
- Héronchelles
- Longuerue
- Morgny-la-Pommeraye
- Pierreval
- Rebets
- Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry
- Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy
- Saint-Germain-des-Essourts
- Vieux-Manoir
Population
| Historical population Canton of Buchy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
| Pop. | 5,293 | 5,790 | 6,292 | 7,651 | 8,692 | 9,228 |
| ±% | — | +9.4% | +8.7% | +21.6% | +13.6% | +6.2% |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting – residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Source: INSEE | ||||||