Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair
Commune
Coat of arms
Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair
Location within Normandy region  Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair
Coordinates: 49°30′36″N 0°50′38″E / 49.51°N 0.8439°E / 49.51; 0.8439Coordinates: 49°30′36″N 0°50′38″E / 49.51°N 0.8439°E / 49.51; 0.8439
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor	Patrick Simon
Area1	7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,663
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76608 /76480
Elevation	35–121 m (115–397 ft) (avg. 66 m or 217 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.

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D20, D86 and the D64 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair are blazoned : Or, on a chevron azure between 3 spur rowels sable, 5 annulets of the field.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Marguerite, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The manorhouse, dating from the sixteenth century.

People

• Karin Viard, a French actress born in 1966, spent much of her childhood here.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair.

• Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Duclair on the Quid website (in French)