Montivilliers

Montivilliers (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tivilje]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Montivilliers
The abbey cloisters
Coat of arms
Location of Montivilliers
Montivilliers
Montivilliers
Coordinates: 49°32′49″N 0°11′20″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonLe Havre-2
IntercommunalityLe Havre Seine Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jérôme Dubost
Area
1
19.09 km2 (7.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
15,612
  Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76447 /76290
Elevation2–94 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.

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
YearPop.±% p.a.
19688,910    
197510,563+2.46%
198215,030+5.17%
199017,067+1.60%
199916,556−0.34%
200716,241−0.24%
201216,243+0.00%
201715,612−0.79%
Source: INSEE[2]

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

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  3. "Sébastien Lepape". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.


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