Yerville

Yerville (French pronunciation: [jɛʁvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Yerville
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Yerville
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Coordinates: 49°40′08″N 0°53′49″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Intercommunality	CC Plateau de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Louvel[1]
Area 1	10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,658
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,381	—
1975	1,492	+1.11%
1982	1,847	+3.10%
1990	1,948	+0.67%
1999	2,170	+1.21%
2007	2,274	+0.59%
2012	2,414	+1.20%
2017	2,418	+0.03%
Source: INSEE[3]

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