Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime
Saint-Sylvain | |
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Location of Saint-Sylvain  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
| Intercommunality | Côte d'Albâtre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Saintobert |
| Area 1 | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 189 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/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 Haute-Normandie 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
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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.
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Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 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
References
External links
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