Serqueux, Seine-Maritime

Serqueux

Commune

Coat of arms

Serqueux

Location within Normandy region

Serqueux

Coordinates: 49°37′57″N 1°32′20″E / 49.6325°N 1.5389°ECoordinates: 49°37′57″N 1°32′20″E / 49.6325°N 1.5389°E

Country

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Jackie Dufresnoy

Area¹

5.76 km² (2.22 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

1,089

• Density

190/km² (490/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

76672 /76440

Elevation

137–189 m (449–620 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Serqueux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

A village situated at the source of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 1314, D 13 and D 83 roads. SNCF has an important TER railway station here.
Serqueux has an important plant producing most of the gum arabic in the world. The commune has also an important commercial zone which is by far the biggest in the canton.

First mentioned as ‘Sarkeus’ in the twelfth century, the name derives from the Greek ‘sarcophagos’, owing to the large Merovingian necropolis in the commune.

Much of the village including the church, was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. Nevertheless, the railway station, which was the goal of the bombings, remained untouched.

In 1945, the commune was awarded the Croix de Guerre.

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