Yport
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Yport | |
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Coordinates: 49°44′19″N 0°18′50″E / 49.7386°N 0.3139°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Le Havre |
Canton | Fécamp |
Intercommunality | Fécamp Caux Littoral |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Dubuc[1] |
Area 1 | 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 709 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76754 /76111 |
Elevation | 0–96 m (0–315 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Yport (French pronunciation:
Location
Yport is located on the D104 road, about 19 miles (31 km) north of Le Havre, on the coast of the English Channel.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,193 | — |
1975 | 1,159 | −0.41% |
1982 | 1,121 | −0.48% |
1990 | 1,141 | +0.22% |
1999 | 1,011 | −1.34% |
2007 | 1,005 | −0.07% |
2012 | 923 | −1.69% |
2017 | 798 | −2.87% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
History
The site was probably occupied during the
During the 19th century, sea-bathing came into fashion, and Yport did not escape from it. In 1849 and 1884, the village was hit by cholera epidemics. Later, in the 1960s, fishing disappeared, like everywhere on the Côte d'Albâtre. The pace of life in the fishing village changed only very little. Yport is nowadays primarily a tourist town, with the casino, the beach and many quality restaurants. A large car-park has now replaced most of the fishing boats at the sea-front.
Heraldry
The arms of Yport are blazoned : Tierced per pall, 1: Azure, a ship argent, 2 &3: Or, 3 poplars vert, all around a pall sable; and a chief tierced per pale: 1: Gules, a frog contourny argent, 2: barry argent and gules, a lion sable, 3: Gules, 3 hammers Or.
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Tourism
- Cliffs
- Pebble beach
- St. Martin's church: building started in 1838, it was finished only in 1876 after many modifications.
- Casino
- Yport is the place where Guy de Maupassant set his novel Une Vie
Festivals
- Torch-light parade on 13 July.
- Festival of the sea and painting on 15 August (mass, blessing, holy procession). An exhibition of paintings, painters and sculptors in the streets and on the beach, auction sale at 5pm of the art created during the course of the day.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Tourisme à Yport (in Japanese)