Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Sylvain
Commune
The chateau of Anglesqueville-les-Murs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Sylvain
Saint-Sylvain Saint-Sylvain
Coordinates: 49°50′47″N 0°40′25″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor	Christian Saintobert
Area 1	3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	138
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76651 /76460
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Sylvain is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) west of Dieppe at the junction of the D68 and the D105 roads. Huge chalk cliffs rise up from the pebbly beach and overlook the English Channel, forming the northern border of the commune's territory.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Sylvain

The arms of Saint-Martin-Sylvain are blazoned : Azure, a chevron Or semy of trefoils between 2 lances and a man's head argent, and on a chief argent a lion between 2 hammers gules.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
188	191	157	178	223	212	189
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Silvain, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• The thirteenth-century château of Anglesqueville-les-Mur.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department