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 (2020–2026)	Jérôme Dubost[1]
Area ^1	19.09 km^2 (7.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	15,457
• Density	810/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montivilliers (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tivije] or [mɔ̃tivilje]) 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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,910	—
1975	10,563	+2.46%
1982	15,030	+5.17%
1990	17,067	+1.60%
1999	16,556	−0.34%
2007	16,241	−0.24%
2012	16,243	+0.00%
2017	15,612	−0.79%
Source: INSEE[3]

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.^[4]
• Lys Mousset, professional footballer for VfL Bochum
• Édouard Mendy, professional footballer for Chelsea F.C.
• Jean Prévost, writer, lived here when his father was principal of a local school.

Twin towns

• Nordhorn, Germany since 1963

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Sébastien Lepape". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. 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)