Octeville-sur-Mer

Octeville-sur-Mer
Commune
The plateau between the village and the sea
Coat of arms
Location of Octeville-sur-Mer
Octeville-sur-Mer Octeville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°33′23″N 0°07′04″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Octeville-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Area 1	20.37 km2 (7.86 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,122
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76481 /76930
Elevation	0–105 m (0–344 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Octeville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France and is twinned with Bourne End (Bucks) in United Kingdom since 2003 and with Furci Siculo (Sicily) in Italy since 2010.

Geography

A small farming town in the Pays de Caux with huge cliffs overlooking the English Channel, some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D31 and D940 roads. The commune covers a large area, and boasts an airport (of Le Havre), a golf course and several small villages and hamlets.

Heraldry

Arms of Octeville-sur-Mer

The arms of Octeville-sur-Mer are blazoned : “D'azur au chevron brisé d'argent, accompagné de trois coquilles d'or.” (“Azure, a chevron burst argent between 3 escallops Or.”)

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
2038	2057	2334	3251	4005	4834	5525
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

Center and church

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The church of St. Barthélemy, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The remains of some World War II artillery defences.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official commune website (in French)
• The Octeville sur Mer twinning association website