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| Coordinates:49°37′N0°45′E / 49.62°N 0.75°E /49.62; 0.75 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Yvetot |
| Intercommunality | Yvetot Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Francis Alabert[1] |
Area 1 | 7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 11,548 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76758 /76190 |
| Elevation | 83–157 m (272–515 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Yvetot (French pronunciation:[ivto]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandy region in northernFrance. It is the capital of the Caux region.
The name Yvetot comes from the GermanicYvo and the Old Norse-topt. Therefore, Yvetot means 'property of Yvo'.[3]
The lords of Yvetot bore the title of king from the 15th until the middle of the 16th century, their petty monarchy being popularized in one ofBéranger's songs. In 1592,Henry IV here defeated the troops of theCatholic League.[4]
The town's prosperity was linked to strong commerce, developed as early as the 17th century, thanks to its fiscal statutes and tocotton spinning, which saw massive expansion after 1794. In the 19th century, the town developed fabric production. Until 1926, Yvetot had beenchef-lieu of the oldarrondissement of Yvetot, and a sub-prefecture. During this period of reorganisation, it lost its status of sub-prefecture. InWorld War II, Yvetot was practically razed in 1940 by the Germans. Later, the 75th Division of the U.S. Army,575th Signal Co., maintained its command post in the town from December 14–20, 1944, as it counterattacked against the German army. After the war, Yvetot was rebuilt in a classical style and regained its importance in the middle of the 20th century.
| The arms of Yvetot areblazoned : Gules, 2 garbs (sheaves of wheat) and 2 shuttles crossed in saltire Or. |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 9,510 | — |
| 1975 | 10,433 | +1.33% |
| 1982 | 10,605 | +0.23% |
| 1990 | 10,807 | +0.24% |
| 1999 | 10,770 | −0.04% |
| 2007 | 11,205 | +0.50% |
| 2012 | 11,644 | +0.77% |
| 2017 | 11,859 | +0.37% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Having been destroyed during World War Two, Yvetot's main church ofSaint-Pierre was rebuilt in a modernist style by architects Pierre Chirol, Robert Flavigny and Yves Marchand with a circular plan and opened in 1956.
The stained-glass window, considered the largest in Europe with an area of 1,046 m2 (11,259 sq ft), was constructed in the 1950s byMax Ingrand. The window's main colors are in shades of crimson, gold and blue. Meticulously assembled from a thousand pieces of glass, the stained-glass window portrays saints, with a wide section consecrated to theNormans of the diocese ofRouen. Either side ofChrist are St. Peter (patron saint of Yvetot for a thousand years) and the apostles, including St. Valery (apostle of Vimeu and the Pays de Caux in the Pas de Calais in the 7th century), St. Saëns (an Irish monk and founder of an abbey in the valley of the Varenne), St. Ouen (who introduced monasteries to Rouen) and St. Wandrille of Normandy. The bishops of Rouen are also depicted. Among the bishops are the 7th century Archbishop Saint-Roman (in the process of strangling the "gargoyle", or swamp-dragon, that devastated Rouen), St Rémy, and St Hugues. Others represented in the stained-glass include the Virgin Mary andJoan of Arc shining in her armour.
Yvetot's entry in theDictionnaire des idées reçues byGustave Flaubert, reads: "YVETOT: Voir Yvetot et mourir! ['See Yvetot and die!'] (cf.Naples andSeville)". Compare also the motto ofCassis (Bouches-du-Rhône): "Qu a vist Paris, se noun a vist Cassis, n'a rèn vist",Provençal, meaning "If you've seen Paris and not Cassis, you've not seen anything."
It is in Yvetot that novelistGuy de Maupassant received his primary education; the town itself and its surrounding area, lePays de Caux feature extensively in his works.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Yvetot".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.
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