Yvetot
Yvetot | |
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Coordinates: 49°37′N 0°45′E / 49.62°N 0.75°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Yvetot |
Intercommunality | Yvetot Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Francis Alabert[1] |
Area 1 | 7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 11,385 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76758 /76190 |
Elevation | 83–157 m (272–515 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Yvetot (French pronunciation: [ivto]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is the capital of the Caux region.
History
The name Yvetot comes from the Germanic Yvo and the Old Norse -topt. Therefore, Yvetot means 'property of Yvo'.[3]
The lords of Yvetot bore the title of king from the 15th until the middle of the 16th century, their petty monarchy being popularized in one of Béranger's songs. In 1592, Henry IV here defeated the troops of the Catholic League.[4]
The town's prosperity was linked to strong commerce, developed as early as the 17th century, thanks to its fiscal statutes and to cotton spinning, which saw massive expansion after 1794. In the 19th century, the town developed fabric production. Until 1926, Yvetot had been
Heraldry
The arms of Yvetot are blazoned : Gules, 2 garbs (sheaves of wheat) and 2 shuttles crossed in saltire Or.
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Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 9,510 | — |
1975 | 10,433 | +1.33% |
1982 | 10,605 | +0.23% |
1990 | 10,807 | +0.24% |
1999 | 10,770 | −0.04% |
2007 | 11,205 | +0.50% |
2012 | 11,644 | +0.77% |
2017 | 11,859 | +0.37% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
The Round Church and its stained-glass window
Having been destroyed during World War Two, Yvetot's main church of Saint-Pierre was rebuilt in a modernist style by architects Pierre Chirol, Robert Flavigny and Yves Marchand with a circular plan and opened in 1956.
The stained-glass window, considered the largest in Europe with an area of 1,046 m2 (11,259 sq ft), was constructed in the 1950s by
Notable people
- Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830), ornithologist, was born in Yvetot
- Annie Ernaux, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, grew up in Yvetot
Anecdotes
Yvetot's entry in the
It is in Yvetot that novelist Guy de Maupassant received his primary education; the town itself and its surrounding area, le Pays de Caux feature extensively in his works.
Twin towns – sister cities
- Hemmingen, Germany
- Kyjov, Czech Republic
- Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Murowana Goślina, Poland
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-2-7373-5843-2.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Yvetot". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Découvrir Yvetot: Nos villes jumelles". yvetot.fr (in French). Yvetot. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
External links
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