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Valmont, Seine Maritime

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
Canton of Valmont

Area
  
5.55 km²

Arrondissement
  
Le Havre

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Valmont

Population (2006)
  
996

Local time
  
Saturday 2:04 AM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 23 km/h, 73% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 76540 Valmont, France

Geography

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D10, D17, D28 and D69 roads. The village is surrounded by woodland. Just outside the village, at ‘’Le Vivier’’, is the source of the Valmont River.

History

The commune was created in 1822 and 1825 by the merger of four former parishes of Valmont, Saint-Ouen-au-Bosc, Rouxmesnil and Le Bec-au-Cauchois.
In 1169, the abbey of Notre-Dame-du-Pre was founded here by Nicolas of Estouteville. It was devastated during the Hundred Years War but was repaired and became a nunnery.

Places of interest

  • The ruins of Notre-Dame abbey, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of St. Nicolas.
  • The chateau of Estouteville, dating from the eleventh century with a donjon and a large public park.

    • People

  • The naturalist Georges Cuvier was a tutor and secretary from 1791 to 1794 at Fiquainville chateau.
  • Eugène Delacroix, artist, spent some time at Valmont. Here he painted the Ruines de l'abbaye de Valmont, which nowadays hangs in the Louvre.

    • References

    Valmont, Seine-Maritime Wikipedia
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