Goderville

Goderville
Goderville
Location within Upper Normandy region Goderville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Le Havre
Canton	Goderville
Intercommunality	Campagne de Caux
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jacques Bunel
Area1	7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,779
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76302 / 76110
Elevation	97–134 m (318–440 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
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.

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

Geography

A farming and light industrial town situated 7 miles (11 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.

Heraldry

The arms of Goderville are blazoned : Paly Or and azure, on a chief gules, 3 martlets argent.

Population

Historical population of Goderville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1395	1499	1632	1885	2044	2281	2779
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

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

Notable people

• 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.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Goderville on the Quid website (French)