Serqueux, Seine-Maritime

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

Serqueux
Commune
The railway station in Serqueux
Coat of arms
Location of Serqueux
Serqueux
Serqueux
Coordinates: 49°37′57″N 1°32′20″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonGournay-en-Bray
IntercommunalityCC 4 rivières
Government
 • Mayor (2016–2020) Jean-Claude Dumouchel
Area
1
5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
991
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76672 /76440
Elevation137–189 m (449–620 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A village situated at the source of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 1314, D 13 and D 83 roads. SNCF has an important TER railway station here.
Serqueux has an important plant producing most of the gum arabic in the world. The commune has also an important commercial zone which is by far the biggest in the canton.

History

First mentioned as ‘Sarkeus’ in the twelfth century, the name derives from the Greek ‘sarcophagos’, owing to the large Merovingian necropolis in the commune.

Much of the village including the church, was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. Nevertheless, the railway station, which was the goal of the bombings, remained untouched.

In 1945, the commune was awarded the Croix de Guerre.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
8798167677648539871089
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest
  • The modern church, replacing the sixteenth-century one, destroyed during World War II.
  • Traces of a feudal castle.
  • Ruins of the old church.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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