Montérolier

Montérolier
Montérolier
Location within Upper Normandy region  Montérolier
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Saint-Saëns
Intercommunality	Saint-Saëns-Portes de Bray
Mayor	Yvette Pasquier (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	132–212 m (433–696 ft) (avg. 146 m/479 ft)
Land area1	11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population2	526  (2006)
- Density	45 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76445/ 76680
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.

Coordinates: 49°37′48″N 1°20′49″E / 49.63°N 1.34694444444°E / 49.63; 1.34694444444

Montérolier is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D24 and the D38 roads. The Varenne River has its source here.

Surrounded by the common Neufbosc , Mathonville and Saint-Martin-Osmonville , Montérolier is located 26 km northeast of Mont-Saint-Aignan, the largest city nearby.^[1]

History

During 1943, in the Clairefeuille woods at Montérolier, the Germans built underground galleries in which to store V-1 flying bombs. After the Second World War, the galleries were opened to the public. On the 21 and 22 June 1995, 13 people died accidentally in the tunnels.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
459	419	367	398	417	500	506
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
• Traces of an 11th century castle.
• A nineteenth century château.
• A sandstone cross, from the sixteenth century.
• The tunnels of Montérolier. (Closed since the accident in 1995).

People

• Jean de Grouchy, sieur of Montérolier (1354–1435).

See also

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

References

• INSEE

1. ^ "Annuaire-Mairie"

External links

• Montérolier - The tunnels of Clairefeuille (French)
• Montérolier on the Quid website (French)