Villequier

Villequier
Part of Rives-en-Seine
Coat of arms
Location of Villequier
Villequier Location within France Show map of France Villequier Location within Normandy Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°30′49″N 0°40′29″E / 49.5136°N 0.6747°E / 49.5136; 0.6747
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon
Commune	Rives-en-Seine
Area 1	11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Highest elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2023)	654
• Density	58.9/km2 (153/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	76490
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villequier (French pronunciation: [vilkje]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some 23 miles (37 km) west of Rouen near the junction of the D281 with the D81 road.

Heraldry

The arms of Villequier are blazoned : Gules, on a cross fleury between 12 billets Or, an anchor sable.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Ételan, with its park and a dovecote.
• Medieval fortifications at La Guerche.
• Three seventeenth-century manorhouses.
• An eighteenth-century presbytery.
• The chapel of Barre-Y-Va.
• The Victor Hugo museum.
• The Hugo family tombs in the cemetery.

People

• Victor Hugo (1802–1895), dramatist, spent much time here with his friends and family. His daughter Léopoldine Hugo drowned in Villequier in 1843.
• Auguste Vacquerie (1819–1895), poet and journalist, was born here and is buried here.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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