Montville, Seine-Maritime

Montville
Montville
Location within Upper Normandy region  Montville
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Clères
Mayor	Pascal Martin (PR) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	42–178 m (138–584 ft) (avg. 51 m/167 ft)
Land area1	10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population2	4,539  (2006)
- Density	418 /km2 (1,080 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76452/ 76710
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°32′50″N 1°04′35″E / 49.5472222222°N 1.07638888889°E / 49.5472222222; 1.07638888889

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

Geography

A small town of forestry farming and light industry situated some 9 miles (14 km) north of Rouen at the junction of the D44, D51 and the D155 roads. SNCF operates a TER (train) train service here. Two small rivers meet here, the Clérette and the Cailly.

Heraldry

The arms of Montville are blazoned : Per fess wavy azure and gules, a barrulet wavy between (in chief) in fess, a toothed wheel between 2 weavers shuttles palewise, and (in base) a plough argent.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4057	4139	4111	4365	4252	4644	4539
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• A seventeenth century chapel.
• The chateau, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The National Firefighters Museum.
• Several interesting old buildings dating from the seventeenth century.
• The mairie, housing a tricolor dating from 1789.

Twin towns

Haiger (Hesse, Germany)

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of Montville (French)
• Museum of the Sapeurs Pompiers (French)
• Montville on the Quid website (French)