Martin-Église

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Martin-Église
Martin-Église is located in France
Martin-Église
Martin-Église
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Location within Upper Normandy region
Martin-Église is located in Upper Normandy
Martin-Église
Martin-Église
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Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Dieppe-Est
Intercommunality Dieppe
Government
 • Mayor Gilles Géryl
Area1 9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,512
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
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 Haute-Normandie 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

Arms of Martin-Église
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
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
921 942 1093 1185 1167 1331 1512
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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