Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (, literally ''Saint-Aubin on Sea'') is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime department
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Government and military
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in the
Normandy region in northern
France.
Geography
A village of
farming and
tourism situated in the
Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D75, D68 and the D237 roads, some southwest of
Dieppe. Here, huge
chalk cliffs overlook a pebble beach and the
English Channel.
Population
Places of interest
* A Louis XIII style château, built on the old
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
, with a
dovecote and park.
* A seventeenth-century fortified
manorhouse
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals wi ...
.
* Vestiges of the
Atlantic Wall
The Atlantic Wall (german: link=no, Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticip ...
.
* The church of St. Aubin, dating from the twelfth century.
See also
*
Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
External links
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer Official website
Communes of Seine-Maritime
Populated coastal places in France
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