Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor	France Petit
Area1	6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	272
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76564 / 76740
Elevation	0–54 m (0–177 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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-Aubin-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and tourism situated in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D75, D68 and the D237 roads, some 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Dieppe. Here, huge chalk cliffs overlook a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
258	264	235	280	281	280	272
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• A Louis XIII style château, built on the old castle, with a dovecote and park.
• A seventeenth-century fortified manorhouse.
• Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
• The church of St. Aubin, dating from the twelfth century.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on the Quid website (French)
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer Official website (French)