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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡəʁit syʁ mɛʁ], literally Sainte-Marguerite on Sea) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Beach

Geography

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
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
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968249—    
1975306+2.99%
1982465+6.16%
1990506+1.06%
1999502−0.09%
2007499−0.07%
2012496−0.12%
2017477−0.78%
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.
  • A donjon.
  • The lighthouse, rebuilt in 1955.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE