Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime

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Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Coat of arms of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Location of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
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CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonFontaine-le-Dun
IntercommunalityEntre Mer et Lin
Government
 • MayorFrance Petit
Area
1
6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
272
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76564 /76740
Elevation0–54 m (0–177 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and tourism situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D75, D68 and the D237 roads, some 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Dieppe. Here, huge chalk cliffs overlook a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
258 264 235 280 281 280 272
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • A Louis XIII style château, built on the old castle, with a dovecote and park.
  • A seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse.
  • Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
  • The church of St. Aubin, dating from the twelfth century.

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