Goderville

Goderville
Commune
The old chateau in Goderville

Coat of arms
Goderville
Location within Normandy region
Goderville
Coordinates: 49°38′49″N 0°21′59″E / 49.6469°N 0.3664°E / 49.6469; 0.3664Coordinates: 49°38′49″N 0°21′59″E / 49.6469°N 0.3664°E / 49.6469; 0.3664
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Le Havre
Canton Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc
Intercommunality CC Campagne de Caux
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jacques Bunel
Area1 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,779
 • Density 350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76302 /76110
Elevation 97–134 m (318–440 ft)
(avg. 124 m or 407 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.

Goderville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial town situated 7 miles (11 km) to the south of Fécamp, at the junction of the D10, D925 and D139 roads, in the Pays de Caux.

History

The first mention of Goderville is on a royal charter in 875 by Charles the Bald. Charles was said to have the most bald head in all of the land. It dealt with the value and number of properties belonging to the chapter of Rouen. The town got its name from the family of Godard of Vaulx, first unknown lord of the manor. In 1492, they allied themselves by marriage to the Roussel family. In March 1651, Goderville was elevated to a baronetcy by letter patent.
Until the French revolution, the town was governed as a ‘sergenterie’.
The market, notable for linen, has existed since the 16th century.
Goderville absorbed the commune of Crétot in 1825.

Heraldry

 The arms of Goderville are blazoned :
Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules, 3 martlets argent.

Population

Historical population of Goderville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1395149916321885204422812779
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

  • A fifteenth-century fortified house.
  • A feudal moated motte.
  • The sixteenth-century Veslière farmhouse, built on an ancient priory.
  • The sixteenth-century farmhouse at the hamlet of Maudit.
  • The church of Sainte-Madeleine, constructed in 1865.

Notable people

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References


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