^1 French Land Register data, which excludeestuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2
Seine-Maritime (French pronunciation:[sɛnmaʁitim]ⓘ) is adepartment of France in theNormandyregion of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of theSeine, and includes the cities ofRouen andLe Havre. Until 1955 it was namedSeine-Inférieure. It had a population of 1,255,633 in 2019.[3]
1790 - Creation of the Seine-Inférieure department
The department was created from part of theold province ofNormandy during theFrench Revolution, on 4 March 1790, through the application of a law of 22 December 1789.
1815 - Occupation
After the victory atWaterloo of the coalition armies, the department was occupied byBritishforces from June 1815 till November 1818.
1843 – Railways and industry
In Rouen, Elbeuf, andBolbec, the number of textile factories is increasing. Metallurgy and naval construction as well.
1851 - A republican department
Following PresidentLouis-Napoléon Bonaparte's1851 Coup d'état, Seine-Inférieure was one of several departments placed under a state of emergency (literally, in French,state of siege)[4] following fears of significant resistance to the new government.
The département was created in 1790 as Seine-Inférieure, one of five departements that replaced the formerprovince ofNormandy. In 1800 fivearrondissements were created within the département, namelyRouen,Le Havre,Dieppe,Neufchatel andYvetot, although the latter two were disbanded in 1926. On 18 January 1955 the name of the département was changed to Seine-Maritime, in order to provide a more positive-sounding name and in-keeping with changes made in a number of other French departements.
The most populous commune isLe Havre; the prefectureRouen is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 7 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants:[3]
Previously lacking a demonym, the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime (as the department had been renamed in 1955) chose, following a public consultation, to be identified in official documents as "Seinomarins"[8] (males) and "Seinomarines" (females).
In 1843 the railway fromParis reached the region.The département is connected to the adjacentEure department via theTancarville andPont de Normandie bridge crossings of theSeine.
The novelLa Place byAnnie Ernaux largely takes place in Seine-Maritime and describes events and changes that take place in relation to French society in the 20th century especially in relation to the rural population.
The first story of the long-running seriesValérian and Laureline is set in Seine-Maritime, with the character Laureline originating from the area.
^Jacques Olivier Boudon,Les Bonaparte : regards sur la France impériale. La Documentation photographique, dossier 8073, janvier-février 2010, p. 11 (carte deGilles Pécout)
^"Seine Maritime".France-For-Visitors.com. Rough Guides. Retrieved22 October 2011.
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