Saint-Sylvain, Seine-Maritime

Saint-Sylvain is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Sylvain
Commune
The chateau of Anglesqueville-les-Murs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Sylvain
Saint-Sylvain Saint-Sylvain
Coordinates: 49°50′47″N 0°40′25″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality	CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Losay-Annebique[1]
Area ^1	3.24 km^2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	179
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Arms of Saint-Sylvain

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	191	—
1975	157	−2.76%
1982	178	+1.81%
1990	223	+2.86%
1999	212	−0.56%
2007	178	−2.16%
2012	183	+0.56%
2017	179	−0.44%
Source: INSEE[3]

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

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE