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Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E / 49.67°N 0.6033°E / 49.67; 0.6033
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Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Coat of arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
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Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is located in France
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is located in Normandy
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E / 49.67°N 0.6033°E / 49.67; 0.6033
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
CommuneTerres-de-Caux
Area
1
3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
280
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76640
Elevation114–139 m (374–456 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡəʁit syʁ fovil], lit.'Sainte-Marguerite on Fauville') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime département in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]

Inhabitants are called Sainte-Margueritais (male) or Sainte-Margueritaises (female).[3]

Geography

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A small farming village, in the Pays de Caux, situated 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Le Havre, to the north of the junction of the D109 and D50 roads.

Coat of arms

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Arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
The arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville are blazoned :
Gules, a chevronnel argent above 2 lions rampant guardant Or, and on a base azure 2 fesses wavy sable, over which a fish argent.[citation needed]



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962199—    
1968165−3.07%
1975225+4.53%
1982194−2.10%
1990246+3.01%
1999264+0.79%
Source: EHESS[4]

Places of interest

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  • A sandstone cross.
  • The church of St.Marguerite, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

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References

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