Montivilliers

Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montivilliers

(2020–2026) Jérôme Dubost^[1]Area

19.09 km² (7.37 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

15,457 • Density810/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.

Montivilliers (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tivilje]^[3]^[4]^[5] or [mɔ̃tivije]^[6]^[7]^[8]) 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

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

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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^[9]

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.^[10]
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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Municipales 2020 : débat à Montivilliers, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ L'abbaye de Montivilliers (Seine-Maritime) fermée après un mouvement de poutres, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ Montivilliers bascule à droite, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ A Montivilliers, la collecte de la banque alimentaire est hausse par rapport à l'année dernière, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ Théâtre à Montivilliers : au-delà du handicap, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ Une enquête ouverte pour homicide après la découverte du corps mutilé d'un docker à Montivilliers, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-14
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Sébastien Lepape". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.