Montivilliers
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Montivilliers is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.GeographyA large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just 4mi north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31 roads.Places of interest The nineteenth-century chateau de Colmoulins. The church of St.Germain, dating from the fourteenth century. The abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century. The abbey museum A Protestant church (1787) The medieval ramparts. The Arboretum du parc de Rouelles is an arboretum set within the Parc de Rouelles.People Isaac de Larrey (1639–1719), French historian was born in Montvilliers René Bihel, French footballer was born here in 1916. Arthur Good (1853–1928), French engineer, science educator, author, and caricaturist who wrote under the pen-name "Tom Tit". Sébastien Lepape, short track speed skater, born here in 1991. Jean Prévost, writer, lived here when his father was principal of a local school.
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