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Yerville
Location of Yerville
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonYerville
Government
 • Mayor (1995–2014) Alfred Trassy-Paillogues
Area
1
10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
2,290
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76752 /76760
Elevation148–174 m (486–571 ft)
(avg. 56 m or 184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D929 with the D142 road. The A29 autoroute forms the southern border of the commune’s territory.

Heraldry

Arms of Yerville
Arms of Yerville
The arms of Yerville are blazoned :
Azure, a pall Or, on a chief gules a leopard Or.



Population

Historical population of Yerville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1221138114921847194821702290
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • Ruins of the sixteenth-century chateau of Thibermesnil.

See also

References