Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard

Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Eu
Intercommunality	Yères et Plateaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martial Fromentin
Area1	17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	338
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
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 Haute-Normandie 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

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
256	285	253	270	279	315	338
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

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

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