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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Population (2006)
  
788

Local time
  
Monday 5:50 PM

Region
  
Normandy

Intercommunality
  
Caux-Vallée de Seine

Area
  
111.1 km²

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

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Canton
  
Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon

Weather
  
18°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 52% Humidity

Villequier is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.

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Map of 76490 Villequier, France

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) west of Rouen near the junction of the D281 with the D81 road.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Ételan, with its park and a dovecote.
  • Medieval fortifications at La Guerche.
  • Three seventeenth-century manorhouses.
  • An eighteenth-century presbytery.
  • The chapel of Barre-Y-Va.
  • The Victor Hugo museum.
  • The Hugo family tombs in the cemetery.

    • People

  • Victor Hugo (1802–1895), dramatist, spent much time here with his friends and family.
  • Auguste Vacquerie (1819–1895), poet and journalist, was born here and is buried here.

    • References

    Villequier Wikipedia
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