Auppegard | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Dieppe |
Canton: | Luneray |
Insee: | 76036 |
Postal Code: | 76730 |
Mayor: | Dominique Laplace[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Terroir Caux |
Coordinates: | 49.8303°N 1.0306°W |
Elevation M: | 102 |
Elevation Min M: | 73 |
Elevation Max M: | 107 |
Area Km2: | 7.33 |
Auppegard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 6miles south of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D308 roads.
Appelgart 1160; Anglo-Norse place name æppel > apple and gardr > yard, garden. Like Applegarth (Yorkshire, Appelgard 1160) and Épégard (Eure, Alpegard 1199).
It shows, that apples have been grown in Normandy for a long time, probably already to make cider.