Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Sylvain
Saint-Sylvain
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Sylvain
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor	Christian Saintobert
Area1	3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	189
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76651 / 76460
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 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-Sylvain is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 24 miles (39 km) west of Dieppe at the junction of the D68 and the D105 roads. Huge chalk cliffs rise up from the pebbly beach and overlook the English Channel, forming the northern border of the commune’s territory.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Martin-Sylvain are blazoned : Azure, a chevron Or semy of trefoils between 2 lances and a man's head argent, and on a chief argent a lion between 2 hammers gules.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
188	191	157	178	223	212	189
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Silvain, dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• The thirteenth-century château of Anglesqueville-les-Mur.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Saint-Sylvain on the Quid website (French)