Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime

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

Saint-Sylvain
The chateau of Anglesqueville-les-Murs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Sylvain
Saint-Sylvain
Saint-Sylvain
Coordinates: 49°50′47″N 0°40′25″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Sandrine Losay-Annebique[1]
Area
1
3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
179
  Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76651 /76460
Elevation0–83 m (0–272 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 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 small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) west of Dieppe at the junction of the D68 and the D105 roads. Huge chalk cliffs rise up from the pebbly beach and overlook the English Channel, forming the northern border of the commune's territory.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Sylvain
The arms of Saint-Martin-Sylvain are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron Or semy of trefoils between 2 lances and a man's head argent, and on a chief argent a lion between 2 hammers gules.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968191    
1975157−2.76%
1982178+1.81%
1990223+2.86%
1999212−0.56%
2007178−2.16%
2012183+0.56%
2017179−0.44%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Silvain, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • The thirteenth-century château of Anglesqueville-les-Mur.

See also

References


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