Villequier
Villequier (vilkje) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.
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Villequier (vilkje) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.
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• Name — Villequier • Arrondissement — Rouen • Canton — Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon • Insee — 76742 • Postal Code — 76490 • Commune — Rives-en-Seine • Elevation M — 6 • Elevation Min M — 0 • Elevation Max M — 147 • Area Km2 — 11.1 • Population — 654 • Population Date — 2023
Geography
Geography
A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 23 mi west of Rouen near the junction of the D281 with the D81 road.
Places of interest
Places of interest
• Illustration — Chateau of Etelan • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century. • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. • The fifteenth-century chateau of Ételan, with its park and a dovecote. • Medieval fortifications at La Guerche. • Three seventeenth-century manorhouses. • An eighteenth-century presbytery. • The chapel of Barre-Y-Va. • The Victor Hugo museum. • The Hugo family tombs in the cemetery. • Illustration — Auguste Vacquerie
People
People
• Victor Hugo (1802–1895), dramatist, spent much time here with his friends and family. His daughter Léopoldine Hugo drowned in Villequier in 1843. • Auguste Vacquerie (1819–1895), poet and journalist, was born here and is buried here.
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