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
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
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
CommuneTerres-de-Caux
Area
1
3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
277
  Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76640
Elevation114–139 m (374–456 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962199    
1968165−3.07%
1975225+4.53%
1982194−2.10%
1990246+3.01%
1999264+0.79%
Source: EHESS[4]

Places of interest

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

See also

References


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