Marques, Seine-Maritime

Marques
Marques
Location within Upper Normandy region  Marques
Coordinates: 49°47′05″N 1°41′24″E / 49.7847°N 1.69°ECoordinates: 49°47′05″N 1°41′24″E / 49.7847°N 1.69°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Aumale
Intercommunality	Canton of Aumale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Régis Denise
Area^1	13.05 km^2 (5.04 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	229
• Density	18/km^2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76411 / 76390
Elevation	112–219 m (367–719 ft) (avg. 129 m or 423 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.

Marques is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D920, the D302 and the D102 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
226	261	258	259	240	238	229
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St.Lucien at Barques, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The nineteenth century chapel of Saint-Joseph.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Marques on the Quid website (French)