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
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1968
249
—
1975
306
+2.99%
1982
465
+6.16%
1990
506
+1.06%
1999
502
−0.09%
2007
499
−0.07%
2012
496
−0.12%
2017
477
−0.78%
Source: INSEE
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.