Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.[2]

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Part of Petit-Caux
Location of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-2
CommunePetit-Caux
Area
1
6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
1,293
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76370
Elevation0–128 m (0–420 ft)
(avg. 118 m or 387 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 coastal farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D113, D313 and the D925 roads, some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs rise up over a pebble beach and overlook the English Channel. The Penly Nuclear Power Plant is also sited in this commune.

Heraldry
Arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
 The arms of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne are blazoned :
Gules, a sword, on a chapé argent a lion and an alerion gules, and on a chief azure, a seagull proper.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962484—    
1968544+1.97%
1975562+0.47%
1982833+5.78%
19901,104+3.58%
19991,000−1.09%
Source: EHESS[3]

Places of interest
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
  • The Penly Nuclear Power Plant on the coast, with two reactors of 1300 MW each.

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (in French)
  3. Données Cassini, EHESS


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