Mélamare
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Mélamare
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mélamare - mairie.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Mélamare
|arrondissement = Le Havre
|canton = Bolbec
|INSEE = 76421
|postal code = 76170
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Caux Seine Agglo
|coordinates = {{coord|49.5383|0.4514|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 115
|elevation min m = 60
|elevation max m = 136
|area km2 = 6.35
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Mélamare ({{IPA|fr|melamaʁ}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A farming town in the Pays de Caux, situated some {{convert|14|mi|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
{{Historical populations
| 1968|432
| 1975|408
| 1982|711
| 1990|762
| 1999|751
| 2007|757
| 2012|796
| 2017|889
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76421#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
}}
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
References
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{{Seine-Maritime communes}}
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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime
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