Saint-Martin-du-Vivier

Saint-Martin-du-Vivier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ dy vivje]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
The church in Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
The church in Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Coat of arms of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Location of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier is located in France
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier is located in Normandy
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Coordinates: 49°28′08″N 1°09′54″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonDarnétal
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gilbert Merlin[1]
Area
1
5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,675
  Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76617 /76160
Elevation40–156 m (131–512 ft)
(avg. 56 m or 184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D47 and the D443 roads. SNCF operates a TER railway service here.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
Arms of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier
The arms of Saint-Martin-du-Vivier are blazoned :
Per fess Or and gules, an oak twig with an acorn and leaf vert bendwise and a sprig of holly vert fructed gules bendwise sinister, the two in crossed in saltire, and a mill wheel issuant from a fess abased wavy argent.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968569    
1975920+7.11%
19821,369+5.84%
19901,445+0.68%
19991,484+0.30%
20071,784+2.33%
20121,713−0.81%
20171,629−1.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • An ancient cedar tree, said to be over 200 years old.
  • The eighteenth-century manorhouse at Mesnil-Grémichon.
  • The chateau and chapel of Mont-Perreux.

See also

References


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