Mélamare

Mélamare
Mélamare
Location within Upper Normandy region Mélamare
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Lillebonne
Intercommunality	Caux-Vallée de Seine
Area1	6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	773
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76421 / 76170
Elevation	60–136 m (197–446 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Mélamare is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming town in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 km) east of Le Havre, near the junction of the D34 and D312 roads.

History

Tradition holds that Saint Honorina (Sainte-Honorine) was martyred here in 303AD. There is a chapel dedicated to her in the town. The town name was recorded as Mellomara in the thirteenth century. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Protestantism survived here clandestinely.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
388	432	408	711	762	751	773
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The thirteenth century chapel of St.Honorine.
• The church of St.Jacques-et-Sainte-Anne, dating from the twelfth century.
• An old windmill.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Mélamare on the Quid website (French)