Goderville

Goderville is a common French, located in the department of the Seine-Maritime and the area High-Normandy.

Geography

History

Goderville appears in 875, on a charter of the king Charles the Bald person, concerning the enumeration of the goods belonging to the chapter of Rouen. The borough owes its name with the family Godard de Vaulx, of the Latin villa and a local name, first lords of the stronghold until in 1492, date on which they are combined by marriage in Roussel. A letter patent of March 1651 sets up Goderville in baronnie. Until the Revolution, the territory is a sergentery. The market exists since the 16th century, for the flax in particular.
Goderville absorbs Crétot in 1825.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Guy of Maupassant located at it the String .
Jean Prévost (1901 - 1944), writer and resistant in the Vercors under the pseudonym of Goderville Captain.
Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766-1834), politician, poet and French dramatic author, of the French Academy, died in Goderville.

See too

Common of the Seine-Maritime

External bonds

Goderville on the site of the national geographical Institute
Goderville on the site of INSEE
Goderville on the site of Quid
the communes closest to Goderville
Goderville on Mapquest
Goderville on Viamichelin

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