Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Commune
The chateau in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer

Coat of arms
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Location within Normandy region
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°53′24″N 0°52′32″E / 49.89°N 0.8756°E / 49.89; 0.8756Coordinates: 49°53′24″N 0°52′32″E / 49.89°N 0.8756°E / 49.89; 0.8756
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
 • Mayor France Petit
Area1 6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 272
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76564 /76740
Elevation 0–54 m (0–177 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 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.

Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and tourism situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D75, D68 and the D237 roads, some 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Dieppe. Here, huge chalk cliffs overlook a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
258264235280281280272
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • A Louis XIII style château, built on the old castle, with a dovecote and park.
  • A seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse.
  • Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
  • The church of St. Aubin, dating from the twelfth century.

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