title: Offranville
text: # Offranville
  
  Offranville (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  A small town of farming and light industry situated in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D55, the D54 and the D237 roads, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Dieppe. The river Scie forms most of the commune's eastern border with Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie.
  
  ## Heraldry
  
  | Arms of Offranville | The arms of Offranville are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Or, a cross gules between 16 alerions azure; 2: Barry argent and gules, a lion sable crowned Or; 3: Tierced per fess a: azure, b: Or, a semi-circle couped azure c: argent, 3 ducks sable beaked and membered gules; 4: Gules, 2 batons raguly in saltire Or between a crescent argent and 3 mullets of 5 Or. |
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  ## People
  
  Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942), artist, lived and died here.
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  * The church of St.Ouen, dating from the sixteenth century, with a twisted spire.
  * A 1000-year-old yew tree, 7 metres (23 feet) in circumference.
  * Three châteaux and their parks.
  * The Jacques-Émile Blanche museum.
  
  ## Twin towns
  
  * Thurmaston, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  