Saint-Martin-du-Bec

Saint-Martin-du-Bec
Saint-Martin-du-Bec
Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Martin-du-Bec
Coordinates: 49°36′11″N 0°12′39″E / 49.6031°N 0.2108°ECoordinates: 49°36′11″N 0°12′39″E / 49.6031°N 0.2108°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Criquetot-l'Esneval
Intercommunality	Canton of Criquetot-l'Esneval
Area^1	4.12 km^2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	649
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76615 / 76133
Elevation	44–106 m (144–348 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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-Bec is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D32 and D79 roads, by the banks of the river Lézarde.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Martin-du-Bec are blazoned : Azure, a leopard in chief 2 crosslets Or, a chief fusilly argent and gules.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
254	282	313	532	580	619	649
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The castle of Bec-Crespin, with a thirteenth-century gate and portcullis.
• Old buildings, parkland and lakes of the castle grounds.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

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