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Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E / 49.9578°N 1.2225°E / 49.9578; 1.2225
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Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
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Saint-Martin-en-Campagne is located in France
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne is located in Normandy
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; 1.2225
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area
1
6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,238
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76370
Elevation0–128 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.

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.[2]

Geography

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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

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Arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962484—    
1968544+1.97%
1975562+0.47%
1982833+5.78%
19901,104+3.58%
19991,000−1.09%
Source: EHESS[3]

Places of interest

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  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
  • The Penly Nuclear Power Plant on the coast, with two reactors of 1300 MW each.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-en-Campagne, EHESS (in French).