Mélamare Explained

Mélamare
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Le Havre
Canton:Bolbec
Insee:76421
Postal Code:76170
Mayor:Bernard Verdière[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Caux Seine Agglo
Coordinates:49.5383°N 0.4514°W
Elevation M:115
Elevation Min M:60
Elevation Max M:136
Area Km2:6.35

Mélamare (in French pronounced as /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 14miles 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.