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

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Commune
The church in Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 49°54′29″N 0°56′53″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-1
Intercommunality	CA Région Dieppoise
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Véronique Depreux[1]
Area 1	5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	475
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76605 /76119
Elevation	0–87 m (0–285 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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[3]

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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department