Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[2]

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-2
Commune	Petit-Caux
Area ^1	6.85 km^2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	1,293
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76370
Elevation	0–128 m (0–420 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A coastal farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D113, D313 and the D925 roads, some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs rise up over a pebble beach and overlook the English Channel. The Penly Nuclear Power Plant is also sited in this commune.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

The arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne are blazoned : Gules, a sword, on a chapé argent a lion and an alerion gules, and on a chief azure, a seagull proper.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	484	—
1968	544	+1.97%
1975	562	+0.47%
1982	833	+5.78%
1990	1,104	+3.58%
1999	1,000	−1.09%
Source: EHESS[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
• The Penly Nuclear Power Plant on the coast, with two reactors of 1300 MW each.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
3. Données Cassini, EHESS