Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard

Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Commune
The Notre-Dame church in Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Coat of arms
Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard Location within Normandy region Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Coordinates: 49°58′45″N 1°22′17″E / 49.9792°N 1.3714°E / 49.9792; 1.3714Coordinates: 49°58′45″N 1°22′17″E / 49.9792°N 1.3714°E / 49.9792; 1.3714
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Eu
Intercommunality	CC Falaises du Talou
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martial Fromentin
Area1	17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	338
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76619 /76260
Elevation	14–158 m (46–518 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 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-Martin-le-Gaillard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D16 and the D113 roads, some 11 miles (18 km) east of Dieppe.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard are blazoned : Azure, on a cross argent between in bend 2 trefoils and in bend sinister 2 eagles Or, a lion gules.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame at St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Ouen at Auberville, dating from the seventeenth century, now a house.
• Ruins of a feudal castle.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard.

• Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard on the Quid website (in French)