Martin-Église

Martin-Église
Martin-Église
Location within Upper Normandy region  Martin-Église
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-Est
Intercommunality	Dieppe
Mayor	Gilles Géryl
Statistics
Elevation	2–103 m (6.6–338 ft) (avg. 11 m/36 ft)
Land area1	9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population2	1,512  (2006)
- Density	158 /km2 (410 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76414/ 76370
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.

Coordinates: 49°54′08″N 1°08′29″E / 49.9022222222°N 1.14138888889°E / 49.9022222222; 1.14138888889

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

Geography

A village of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the Arques River in the Pays de Caux, immediately to the southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D1, the D54 and the D100 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Martin-Église are blazoned : Per chevron and per pale Or and azure, a chevron counterchanged between 3 lanceheads inverted counterchanged sable and argent.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
921	942	1093	1185	1167	1331	1512
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• An obelisk commemorating the battle of Arques, inaugurated in 1827 by the Duchesse de Berry.
• The eighteenth century château de Thibermont.
• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The sixteenth century stone cross.
• A fourteenth century bridge.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official commune website (French)
• Martin-Église on the Quid website (French)