Montivilliers

Montivilliers
Montivilliers
	Commune
	The abbey cloisters
	Coat of arms
	Location of Montivilliers
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	Coordinates: 49°32′49″N 0°11′20″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Le Havre-2
Intercommunality	Le Havre Seine Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2015)	Daniel Petit
Area 1	19.09 km2 (7.37 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	15,612
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76447 /76290
Elevation	2–94 m (6.6–308.4 ft) ; (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montivilliers is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31 roads.

History

Pre-Roman archaeological discoveries include Bronze Age axes and jade jewelry. The old Roman road from here to Harfleur was destroyed by the English in 1415.
The Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, sometimes referred to as the Montivilliers Abbey dates back to 684, although it was destroyed by a Viking raid in 850, and rebuilt as a church in both the Romanesque and Gothic styles.

Heraldry

Arms of Montivilliers	The arms of Montivilliers are blazoned : Gules, a church argent, the door open, and the bell tower pierced of the field, topped with the head of a crozier Or, between 2 inescutcheons of France, and in base a lizard fesswise vert. (France=Azure, 3 fleurs-de-lys Or)

Population

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
8427	8910	10,563	15,030	17,067	16,556	16,451
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The nineteenth-century chateau de Colmoulins.
The church of St. Germain, dating from the fourteenth century.
The abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
The abbey museum
A Protestant church (1787)
The medieval ramparts.
The Arboretum du parc de Rouelles is an arboretum set within the Parc de Rouelles.

People

Isaac de Larrey (1639–1719), French historian was born in Montvilliers
René Bihel, French footballer was born here in 1916.
Arthur Good (1853–1928), French engineer, science educator, author, and caricaturist who wrote under the pen-name "Tom Tit".
Sébastien Lepape, short track speed skater, born here in 1991.[2]
Lys Mousset, professional footballer
Jean Prévost, writer, lived here when his father was principal of a local school.

Twin towns

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"Sébastien Lepape". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

External links

Montivilliers official website (in French)
Montivilliers Abbey official website (in English)
Articleand photos about the abbey at Montivilliers (in French)
Abbey Church of Notre-Dame (in English)

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] "Sébastien Lepape". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.