Country France Department Seine-Maritime Population (2006) 1,089 Local time Thursday 8:18 AM | Region Normandy Canton Forges-les-Eaux Area 5.76 km² Arrondissement Dieppe | |
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Intercommunality Canton of Forges-les-Eaux Weather 9°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Serqueux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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Map of 76440 Serqueux, France
Geography
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.
History
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.