Goderville

French commune |name=Goderville
region=Haute-Normandie
department=Seine-Maritime
arrondissement=Le Havre
canton=Goderville (chef-lieu)
insee=76302
cp=76110
mayor=Jacques Bunel
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Campagne de Caux
longitude=0.36639
latitude=49.646944
alt moy=124 m
alt mini=97 m
alt maxi=134 m
hectares=798
km²=7,98
sans=2309
date-sans=2005
dens=291|

Goderville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime "département" in the Haute-Normandie region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial town situated convert|7|mi|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. 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 known lord of the manor. In 1492, they allied themselves by marriage to the Roussel family. In March 1651, Goderville was elevated to a barony by letters 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.

Population

Places and monuments

* A 15th century fortified house.
* A feudal moated motte.
* The 16th century Veslière farmhouse, built on an ancient priory.
* The 16th century farmhouse at the hamlet of Maudit.
* The church of Sainte-Madeleine, constructed in 1865.

Personalities linked to the town

* Guy de Maupassant based "La Ficelle" in Goderville.
* Jean Prévost (1901-1944), Goderville was the family home of the writer and member of the Maquis, who went by the pseudonym ‘Captain Goderville’.
* Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766-1834), politician, poet and author, member of the Académie française, died at Goderville.

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Goderville Goderville on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 2nd 2008."