Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Beach
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Commune
The church in Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°54′29″N 0°56′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-1
IntercommunalityCA Région Dieppoise
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Yves Nédélec
Area
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5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
477
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76605 /76119
Elevation0–87 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.

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
Arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
 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.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
243249306465506502514
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.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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