Auppegard () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some south of Dieppe at the junction of the D108 and D308 roads.
Etymology 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.
Population
Places of interest The sixteenth-century church of St.Pierre, with a twisted spire. The seventeenth-century château.
See also Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
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