Saint-Martin-du-Vivier

Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor	Emilien Sanchez
Area1	5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,835
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76617 / 76160
Elevation	40–156 m (131–512 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 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-du-Vivier is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D47 and the D443 roads. SNCF operates a TER railway service here.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier are blazoned : Per fess Or and gules, an oak twig with an acorn and leaf vert bendwise and a sprig of holly vert fructed gules bendwise sinister, the two in crossed in saltire, and a mill wheel issuant from a fess abased wavy argent.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
451	569	920	1369	1445	1484	1835
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• An ancient cedar tree, said to be over 200 years old.
• The eighteenth-century manorhouse at Mesnil-Grémichon.
• The chateau and chapel of Mont-Perreux.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Martin-du-Vivier on the Quid website (French)