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Mélamare

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Canton
  
Lillebonne

Area
  
6.35 km²

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Le Havre

Intercommunality
  
Caux-Vallée de Seine

Local time
  
Thursday 4:30 PM

Mélamare

Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 83% Humidity

Mélamare is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Contents

Map of 76170 M%C3%A9lamare, France

Geography

A farming town in the Pays de Caux, situated some 14 miles (23 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.

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.

    • References

    Mélamare Wikipedia
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