Martin-Église

Martin-Église
Commune
The church in Martin-Église

Coat of arms
Martin-Église
Location within Normandy region
Martin-Église
Coordinates: 49°54′08″N 1°08′29″E / 49.9022°N 1.1414°E / 49.9022; 1.1414Coordinates: 49°54′08″N 1°08′29″E / 49.9022°N 1.1414°E / 49.9022; 1.1414
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-2
Intercommunality CA Région Dieppoise
Government
 • Mayor Gilles Géryl
Area1 9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,512
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76414 /76370
Elevation 2–103 m (6.6–337.9 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 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.

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

Geography

A village of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the Arques River in the Pays de Caux, immediately to the southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D1, the D54 and the D100 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Martin-Église are blazoned :
Per chevron and per pale Or and azure, a chevron counterchanged between 3 lanceheads inverted counterchanged sable and argent.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
92194210931185116713311512
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • An obelisk commemorating the battle of Arques, inaugurated in 1827 by the Duchesse de Berry.
  • The eighteenth-century château de Thibermont.
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • A fourteenth-century bridge.

See also

References


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