Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E / 49.9578°N 1.2225°E / 49.9578; 1.2225Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E / 49.9578°N 1.2225°E / 49.9578; 1.2225
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-2
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Bernard Defoy
Area1 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,266
  Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76618 / 76370
Elevation 0–128 m (0–420 ft)
(avg. 118 m or 387 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.[1]

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.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
484 544 562 833 1104 1000 1266
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (French)
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