Grèges

Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Grèges

(2022–2026) Bertrand Arent^[1]Area

3.13 km² (1.21 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

841 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

76324 /76370

Elevation74–101 m (243–331 ft)
(avg. 95 m or 312 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grèges (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛʒ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and suburban village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Dieppe at the junction of the D920 and the D100 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Grèges are blazoned :
Per pale gules and vert, a pallet ?raguly? argent between 4 fleurs-de-lys Or. (the centre charge might also be blasoned 'a lopped branch palewise', as it is not what English would describe as 'raguly'.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	333	—
1975	383	+2.02%
1982	594	+6.47%
1990	761	+3.15%
1999	742	−0.28%
2007	774	+0.53%
2012	807	+0.84%
2017	838	+0.76%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest

The church of St.Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
The ruins of a 15th-century presbytery.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE