Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer | |
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Coordinates: 49°54′29″N 0°56′53″E / 49.9081°N 0.9481°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Dieppe-1 |
Intercommunality | CA Région Dieppoise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Yves Nédélec |
Area 1 | 5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 464 |
• Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76605 /76119 |
Elevation | 0–87 m (0–285 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A farming and coastal village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Dieppe at the junction of the D75 and the D323 roads. Huge chalk cliffs rise up from a pebble beach overlooking the English Channel, to form the northern border of the commune.
Heraldry
The arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer are blazoned : Argent, the inscription (in two lines) "Ste. Marguerite/sur Mer" and in base a bar gemel wavy azure, and on a chief wavy gules 5 marguerite daisies slipped and leaved of the field 2 & 3.
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Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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243 | 249 | 306 | 465 | 506 | 502 | 514 |
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates |
Places of interest
- The Vastérival gardens.
- The church of St. Marguerite, dating from the eleventh century.
- The sixteenth-century château de la Tour and its dovecote.
- A donjon.
- The lighthouse, rebuilt in 1955.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer.
- Official website (in French)
- Webcam of Sainte Marguerite sur Mer