Saint-Martin-en-Campagne

Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Martin-en-Campagne
Coordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E / 49.9578°N 1.2225°ECoordinates: 49°57′28″N 1°13′21″E / 49.9578°N 1.2225°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-2
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Bernard Defoy
Area^1	6.85 km^2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,266
• Density	180/km^2 (480/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76618 / 76370
Elevation	0–128 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.^[1]

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

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

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
484	544	562	833	1104	1000	1266
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 November 2015 (French)

External links

• Saint-Martin-en-Campagne on the Quid website (French)