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Part of Terres-de-Caux in Normandy, France
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Part of Terres-de-Caux
Coat of arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-FauvilleCoat of arms
Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is located in FranceSainte-Marguerite-sur-FauvilleSainte-Marguerite-sur-FauvilleShow map of FranceSainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is located in NormandySainte-Marguerite-sur-FauvilleSainte-Marguerite-sur-FauvilleShow map of Normandy
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
Area3.16 km (1.22 sq mi)
Population280
 • Density89/km (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code76640
Elevation114–139 m (374–456 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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.

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

Geography

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

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.



Population

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

Places of interest

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

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
  3. Commune de Sainte Marguerite sur Fauville (in French)
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville, EHESS (in French).


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