Saint-Pierre-en-Port

Saint-Pierre-en-Port
Saint-Pierre-en-Port
Commune
	The cross at the entrance to Saint-Pierre-en-Port
	Location of Saint-Pierre-en-Port
	Saint-Pierre-en-Port Saint-Pierre-en-Port
	Coordinates: 49°48′26″N 0°29′49″E / 49.8072°N 0.4969°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Fécamp
Intercommunality	CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Favey
Area 1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population (2021)	830
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76637 /76540
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 ft) ; (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-en-Port (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ ɑ̃ pɔʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

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farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 31 miles (50 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D33 and D79 roads. The commune has a pebble beach and some very high limestone cliffs overlooking the English Channel

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History

Several polished stone axes were discovered here in the 19th century, evidence of human presence in the

Merovingian

period (500 to 750 AD).
In the 13th century, a church was built on the site of the old cemetery. At the same time, the chapel of Saint-Gervais was built on the plateau at Boulleville (near the present-day water tower). This was destroyed in a fire in the early 18th century.
In the early 19th century, the population of the valley began a slow migration inland and away from the sea. Fires and storms regularly destroyed the modest homes of the fishing families. The growth of fishing in Newfoundland also took sailors away from the village to spend 9 months at sea.
In 1846, the mayor (the Count de Trémauville) built the town hall and a boys’ school. Three years later, he demolished the old church and cemetery, citing the lack of maintenance and very poor condition and undertook the reconstruction of the church, saving only a part of the porch of the old building.
Forty years later, like many communes in the region, Saint-Pierre welcomed tourism by those wishing to spend their leisure time by the sea. On the hillsides, where herds of grazing sheep once roamed, second homes were springing up out of the land. This in turn led to the village developing, with more shops, handicrafts, agriculture, the revival of inshore fishing and some cultural events. Around this time, in 1883, the Grand Hotel des Terrasses and the casino were built. They were destroyed in 1944 by the Germans.