Editing Seine-Maritime (section)

== History ==

;1790 - Creation of the Seine-Inférieure department
:The department was created from part of the [[Provinces of France|old province]] of [[Normandy]] during the [[French Revolution]], on 4 March 1790, through the application of a law of 22 December 1789.

;1815 - Occupation
:After the victory at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]] of the coalition armies, the department was occupied by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[British army|forces]] from June 1815 till November 1818.

;1843 – Railways and industry
:In Rouen, Elbeuf, and [[Bolbec]], the number of textile factories is increasing. Metallurgy and naval construction as well.

;1851 - A republican department
:Following President [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's]] [[French coup d'état of 1851|1851 Coup d'état]], Seine-Inférieure was one of several departments placed under a state of emergency (literally, in French, ''[[:fr:État de siège (France)#Constitution du 14 janvier 1852|state of siege]])'' <ref>[[Jacques Olivier Boudon]], ''Les Bonaparte : regards sur la France impériale''. La Documentation photographique, dossier 8073, janvier-février 2010, p. 11 (carte de [[Gilles Pécout]])</ref> following fears of significant resistance to the new government.

; [[World War II]]
:In 1942, during occupation by [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi Germany]], two [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] raids, the [[Operation Biting|Bruneval]] and [[Dieppe raid|Dieppe]], took place at towns of the channel coast of Seine-Inférieure.

;1955 - Rename to Seine-Maritime
In 1955, the department's name was officially changed to Seine-Maritime.

=== Heraldry ===
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| img1=Arms of the French Department of Seine-Maritime.svg
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| text= The arms of the departement Seine-Maritime are blazoned :<br />''Gules a fess wavy argent between two lions passant gardant or armed and langued azure.''
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