Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime département in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Part of Terres-de-Caux
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Commune	Terres-de-Caux
Area ^1	3.16 km^2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	277
• Density	88/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76640
Elevation	114–139 m (374–456 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants are called Sainte-Margueritais (male) or Sainte-Margueritaises (female).[3]

Geography

A small farming village, in the Pays de Caux, situated 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Le Havre, to the north of the junction of the D109 and D50 roads.

Coat of arms

Arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

The arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville are blazoned : Gules, a chevronnel argent above 2 lions rampant guardant Or, and on a base azure 2 fesses wavy sable, over which a fish argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	199	—
1968	165	−3.07%
1975	225	+4.53%
1982	194	−2.10%
1990	246	+3.01%
1999	264	+0.79%
Source: EHESS[4]

Places of interest

• A sandstone cross.
• The church of St.Marguerite, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
3. Commune de Sainte Marguerite sur Fauville (in French)
4. Données Cassini, EHESS