Yerville

Yerville
Yerville
Location within Upper Normandy region Yerville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yerville
Government
• Mayor (1995–2014)	Alfred Trassy-Paillogues
Area1	10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,290
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76752 / 76760
Elevation	148–174 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

Population

Historical population of Yerville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1221	1381	1492	1847	1948	2170	2290
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

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Yerville on the Quid website (French)