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Yport | |
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.JPG) The upstream cliffs | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Yport | |
  Yport  Yport | |
| Coordinates:49°44′19″N0°18′50″E / 49.7386°N 0.3139°E /49.7386; 0.3139 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Fécamp |
| Intercommunality | Fécamp Caux Littoral |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Philippe Capron[1] |
Area 1 | 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 652 |
| • Density | 315/km2 (816/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76754 /76111 |
| Elevation | 0–96 m (0–315 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Yport (French pronunciation:[ipɔʁ]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritime department of France’sNormandy region. The residents are known as Yportais or Yportaises.
Yport is located on the D104 road, about 19 miles (31 km) north ofLe Havre, on the coast of theEnglish Channel.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,193 | — |
| 1975 | 1,159 | −0.41% |
| 1982 | 1,121 | −0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,141 | +0.22% |
| 1999 | 1,011 | −1.34% |
| 2007 | 1,005 | −0.07% |
| 2012 | 923 | −1.69% |
| 2017 | 798 | −2.87% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The site was probably occupied during theNeolithic period, and later thePays de Caux were inhabited by theCalates. During the Roman time, a road connectingFécamp toÉtretat passed through the locality atFond Pitron from where a junction towards the village existed. The current D940 follows the route of this Roman road. The Roman presence was discovered following various archaeological excavations, but nothing proves that it was permanently inhabited. It may have been only a fishing site. Starting from the early Middle Ages the village was attached toCriquebeuf-en-Caux, where the church, the cemetery and the school were located, several kilometres away from Yport. Only in the 19th century did the commune of Yport come into existence, primarily because of the construction of the church. Officially, the commune of Yport was created on 1 January 1843, and its first mayor was Jean-Baptiste Feuilloley. The 19th century marked the beginning of the rise of sea-fishing. Many people were attracted to the area by the work and the population reached 1800. The sea front evolved considerably during this period. As a working port, the sea front hadfishing-smacks,skiffs,caïques and other vessels moored up to thebollards.
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During the 19th century, sea-bathing came into fashion, and Yport did not escape from it. In 1849 and 1884, the village was hit by cholera epidemics.Later, in the 1960s, fishing disappeared, like everywhere on theCôte d'Albâtre. The pace of life in the fishing village changed only very little. Yport is nowadays primarily a tourist town, with the casino, the beach and many quality restaurants. A large car-park has now replaced most of the fishing boats at the sea-front.
| The arms of Yport areblazoned : Tierced per pall, 1: Azure, a ship argent, 2 &3: Or, 3 poplars vert, all around a pall sable; and a chief tierced per pale: 1: Gules, a frog contourny argent, 2: barry argent and gules, a lion sable, 3: Gules, 3 hammers Or. |
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