Mélamare

Mélamare
Commune
The town hall in Mélamare
Mélamare
Location within Normandy region
Mélamare
Coordinates: 49°32′18″N 0°27′05″E / 49.5383°N 0.4514°E / 49.5383; 0.4514Coordinates: 49°32′18″N 0°27′05″E / 49.5383°N 0.4514°E / 49.5383; 0.4514
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Bolbec
Intercommunality CA Caux vallée de Seine
Area1 6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 773
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76421 /76170
Elevation 60–136 m (197–446 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Mélamare is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming town in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) east of Le Havre, near the junction of the D34 and D312 roads.

History

Tradition holds that Saint Honorina (Sainte-Honorine) was martyred here in 303AD. There is a chapel dedicated to her in the town. The town name was recorded as Mellomara in the thirteenth century. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Protestantism survived here clandestinely.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
388432408711762751773
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The thirteenth century chapel of St.Honorine.
  • The church of St.Jacques-et-Sainte-Anne, dating from the twelfth century.
  • An old windmill.

See also

References


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