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.
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
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.
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Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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 |
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
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-en-Campagne, EHESS (in French).
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