Serqueux, Seine-Maritime

Administration
Serqueux
Serqueux
Location within Upper Normandy region Serqueux
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Forges-les-Eaux
Intercommunality	Canton of Forges-les-Eaux
Mayor	Jackie Dufresnoy (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	137–189 m (449–620 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
Land area¹	5.76 km² (2.22 sq mi)
Population²	1,089 (2006)
- Density	189 /km² (490 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76672/ 76440
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.

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

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

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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.

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