Fecamp (formerly Fescan or Fescamp; Lat. Fiscamum or Fiscamnum), a seaport town of France, in the department of Seine-Inferieure, 22 m. N. N. E. of Havre, on a branch railway, from Rouen, and at the entrance of the river Fecamp into the channel; pop. in 1866, 12,- 832. The town has two remarkable churches, a hydrographical school, a library, a theatre, a commercial court, a chamber of commerce, and extensive sea-bathing establishments. The chief occupations of the inhabitants are fishing, ship building, and commerce, but its manufactures are also becoming important. The town is believed to owe its origin to a celebrated female convent which was founded about 662. It has repeatedly been destroyed in times of war. As early as the 13th century it was famous for its herring fisheries.