Quincampoix

Quincampoix
Commune
The town hall in Quincampoix
Coat of arms
Location of Quincampoix
Quincampoix Quincampoix
Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 1°11′07″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Inter-Caux-Vexin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Herbet
Area 1	20.34 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,110
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76517 /76230
Elevation	80–180 m (260–590 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quincampoix (French pronunciation: [kɛ̃kɑ̃pwa]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D 90, D 928 and the D 51 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Quincampoix

The arms of Quincampoix are blazoned : Per fess 1: Or, a chestnut tree vert issuant from the line of division and 2: Azure, a chevron between a mullet and a toothed wheel and, in saltire, a pitchfork and an ax Or. (created 1977)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 846 —     1800 890 +0.73% 1806 865 −0.47% 1821 924 +0.44% 1831 1,053 +1.32% 1836 1,020 −0.63% 1841 1,033 +0.25% 1846 1,070 +0.71% 1851 980 −1.74% 1856 978 −0.04% 1861 962 −0.33% 1866 1,135 +3.36% 1872 944 −3.02% 1876 926 −0.48% 1881 849 −1.72% 1886 886 +0.86% 1891 848 −0.87% 1896 810 −0.91%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 849 +0.94% 1906 751 −2.42% 1911 802 +1.32% 1921 778 −0.30% 1926 821 +1.08% 1931 858 +0.89% 1936 855 −0.07% 1946 899 +0.50% 1954 948 +0.67% 1962 969 +0.27% 1968 1,022 +0.89% 1975 1,242 +2.82% 1982 1,676 +4.37% 1990 2,107 +2.90% 1999 2,690 +2.75% 2007 3,146 +1.98% 2012 2,994 −0.99% 2017 2,994 +0.00%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Places of interest

• The church of St. Marguerite, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

People

• It is the burial place of Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987) a road racing cyclist.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official website of Quincampoix (in French)