Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

Part of Terres-de-Caux in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville

49°40′12″N 0°36′12″E / 49.67°N 0.6033°E / 49.67; 0.6033CountryFranceRegionNormandyDepartmentSeine-MaritimeArrondissementLe HavreCantonSaint-Valery-en-CauxCommuneTerres-de-Caux Area

3.16 km² (1.22 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

280 • Density89/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

76640

Elevation114–139 m (374–456 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime département in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.^[2]

Inhabitants are called Sainte-Margueritais (male) or Sainte-Margueritaises (female).^[3]

Geography

A small farming village, in the Pays de Caux, situated 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Le Havre, to the north of the junction of the D109 and D50 roads.

Coat of arms

The arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville are blazoned :
Gules, a chevronnel argent above 2 lions rampant guardant Or, and on a base azure 2 fesses wavy sable, over which a fish argent.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	199	—
1968	165	−3.07%
1975	225	+4.53%
1982	194	−2.10%
1990	246	+3.01%
1999	264	+0.79%
Source: EHESS^[4]

Places of interest

A sandstone cross.
The church of St.Marguerite, dating from the seventeenth century.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
^ Commune de Sainte Marguerite sur Fauville (in French)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Fauville, EHESS (in French).