Octeville-sur-Mer

Octeville-sur-Mer
The plateau between the village and the sea
Octeville-sur-Mer
Location within Upper Normandy region  Octeville-sur-Mer
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Montivilliers
Intercommunality	Le Havre
Statistics
Elevation	0–105 m (0–344 ft) (avg. 75 m/246 ft)
Land area1	20.37 km2 (7.86 sq mi)
Population2	5,525  (2006)
- Density	271 /km2 (700 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76481/ 76930
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°33′23″N 0°07′04″E / 49.5563888889°N 0.117777777778°E / 49.5563888889; 0.117777777778

Octeville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France and is twinned with Bourne End (Bucks) in United Kingdom since 2003 and with Furci Siculo (Sicily) in Italy since 2010.

Geography

A small farming town in the Pays de Caux with huge cliffs overlooking the English Channel, some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D31 and D940 roads. The commune covers a large area, and boasts an airport (of Le Havre), a golf course and several small villages and hamlets.

Heraldry

The arms of Octeville-sur-Mer are blazoned : Azure, a chevron fracted argent between 3 escallops Or.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
2038	2057	2334	3251	4005	4834	5525
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The church of St.Barthélemy, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The remains of some World War II artillery defences.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official commune website (French)
• Octeville-sur-Mer on the Quid website (French)
• The Octeville sur Mer twinning association website