Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Coat of arms
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville Location within Normandy region Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville
Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E / 49.67°N 0.6033°E / 49.67; 0.6033Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E / 49.67°N 0.6033°E / 49.67; 0.6033
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Area1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	254
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76607 /76640
Elevation	114–139 m (374–456 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-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.^[1]

Inhabitants are called Sainte-Margueritais (male) or Sainte-Margueritaises (female).^[2]

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

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

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville.

• Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville on the Quid website (in French)