Seine-Maritime

The department of Seine- Maritime [ sɛnmaʀitim ] is a French department of order number 76 It is in the north of the country in the Haute -Normandie and is named after the river Seine and its maritime location named.

Geography

The department of Seine- Maritime is bordered to the south by the department of Eure, with which it forms the Haute-Normandie region, the west and north by the English Channel, and to the east by the department of the Somme and Oise Picardy region.

The most important river is the Seine, which flows near Le Havre in the English Channel.

Coat of arms

Description: In red two golden ongoing hersehende blaugezungte and blue armored lion separated by a white wave beams.

History

The department was founded in 1792 under the name of Seine- Inférieure and consisted of the seven districts Cany, Caudebec -en- Caux, Dieppe, Gournay, Monti Villiers, Neufchatel, Rouen. 1800, the arrondissement Dieppe, Le Havre, Rouen, Neufchatel and Yvetot were established, the latter two were disbanded in 1926. In 1955, the department received its present name Seine- Maritime.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities in the departments of Seine -Maritime are:

Administrative divisions

The department of Seine- Maritime is divided into three arrondissements, 69 cantons and 744 communes:

  • List of cantons in the Seine -Maritime
  • List of municipalities in the department of Seine- Maritime

Culture and sights

Impressive cliffs of the Alabaster coast of Normandy, a lot of green in the Pays de Caux, apple trees and Norman thatched cottages determine here the landscape of the department of Seine- Maritime. Rouen is the capital of Upper Normandy. Overall, the Communauté d' agglomération Rouen Elbeuf- Austreberthe ( CREA) is one of 71 municipalities and 494 400 inhabitants. Through the department of Seine -Maritime, the valley of the Seine, which attracts large meander here draws. Also on the Seine is the Abbey of Jumièges that Victor Hugo described as the most beautiful ruin of France. In the restaurants of the area you can taste the following culinary specialties: Neufchatel cheese from the same city, herring from Le Tréport, trout and salmon from the Bresle, fish soup from Dieppe, duck "à la ROUENNAISE ".

Climate

Observed at Dieppe, 37 meters height

Days per year with

  • Rainfall over 1 mm: 125
  • Frost: 37 First Frost: November 14
  • Last frost: 10 December

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Cantons of France Caudebec-en-Caux Gournay-en-Bray Montivilliers Arrondissement of Dieppe Arrondissement of Le Havre Arrondissement of Rouen Le Petit-Quevilly Mont-Saint-Aignan Guadeloupe
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