Montivilliers
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Montivilliers (Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
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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
Population
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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.[2]
- Lys Mousset, professional footballer for Bohemian F.C.
- Édouard Mendy, professional footballer for Chelsea F.C.
- Jean Prévost, writer, lived here when his father was principal of a local school.
Twin towns
- Template:Flagicon Nordhorn, Germany since 1963
See also
References
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- Montivilliers official website Template:In lang
- Montivilliers Abbey official website Template:In lang
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- Abbey Church of Notre-Dame Template:In lang
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