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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
Le Havre

Area
  
19.09 km²

Arrondissement
  
Le Havre

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Montivilliers

Population (2006)
  
16,451

Local time
  
Saturday 6:27 AM

Montivilliers

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 40 km/h, 99% Humidity

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

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Map of 76290 Montivilliers, 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 'Montvilliers Abbey' dates back to 684, although it was destroyed a Viking raid in 850, and rebuilt as a church in both the Romanesque and Gothic styles.

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.
  • Jean Prévost, writer, lived here when his father was principal of a local school.

    • Twin towns

  • Nordhorn, Germany since 1963.

    • References

    Montivilliers Wikipedia
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