Sainte-Adresse

History

The oldest known name of the commune was "Caput Caleti" mentioned in 1240. Later known as Saint-Denis-Chef-de-Caux, named after an ancient place of worship and its position on the cape. In 1415, Henry V landed with his fleet, to claim the throne of France. Starting in 1905, Georges Dufayel, a Parisian businessman, created a residential seaside resort known as Nice havrais (the "Nice of Le Havre"), at Sainte Adresse. The local architect Ernest Daniel directed operations. The Avenue de Regatta on the waterfront is designed in the image of the promenade des Anglais in Nice. During World War I, Sainte-Adresse was the administrative capital of Belgium. The Belgian government in exile was installed from October 1914 to November 1918 in the Dufayel building, named after the businessman who had built it in 1911. It had at its disposal a post office using Belgian postage stamps. As a result , in the center of the seal is the Belgian flag. During World War II, the Germans built several fortifications here for the Atlantic Wall, to defend the port of Le Havre.

Geography

A coastal suburb situated some northwest of Le Havre city centre, at the junction of the D147 and the D940. The English Channel forms the western border of the commune. Sainte-Adresse has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Adresse is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Adresse was on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,082
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,000
• Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  1,909
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,484
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,413
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  1,400
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,391
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,361

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2011-07-14
  62 km SSE of Ventnor, United Kingdom
• M 3 — 2008-11-19
  3 km NNW of Varengeville-sur-Mer, France
• M 3.1 — 2008-11-18
  13 km NW of Varengeville-sur-Mer, France
• M 3 — 2008-11-18
  4 km NW of Varengeville-sur-Mer, France
• M 3.1 — 2008-11-18
  13 km NW of Varengeville-sur-Mer, France
• M 3.5 — 2007-08-01
  2 km SSE of Blonville-sur-Mer, France