commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
region in northern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
Geography
A
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
village situated in the
Pays de Bray
The Pays de Bray (, literally ''Land of Bray'') is a small (about 750 km²) natural region of France situated to the north-east of Rouen, straddling the French departments of the Seine-Maritime and the Oise (historically divided among the ...
, some southeast of
Dieppe
Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newha ...
at the junction of the D24 and the D38 roads. The river
Varenne
Varenne (foaled in Copparo, Italy, 19 May 1995) is a dark bay racing trotter by Waikiki Beach out of Ialmaz by Zebu.
Varenne is considered to be the best trotter of all time. No other trotter has won so many of the most important races in the ...
has its source here.
Montérolier-Buchy station
The Gare de Montérolier-Buchy (Montérolier-Buchy station) is a railway station in the commune of Montérolier in the Seine-Maritime department, France and near Buchy. The station is a stop on the Amiens–Rouen railway, and is the terminus a li ...
has rail connections to Rouen, Lille and Amiens.
Surrounded by the communes
Neufbosc
Neufbosc is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
The inhabitants of the town of Neufbosc are called ''Neufboscois'', ''Neufboscoises'' in French.Mathonville
Mathonville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Its inhabitants are called Mathonville and Mathonvillaises.
Geography
A small farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some southeast ...
and
Saint-Martin-Osmonville
Saint-Martin-Osmonville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
The inhabitants of the town of Saint-Martin-Osmonville are called ''Saint-Martinais'', ''Saint-Martinaises'' in French.
, Montérolier is located 26 km northeast of
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France.
The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are called ''Mont-Saint-Aignanais'' in French.
Due to the presence of higher educa ...
During 1943, in the Clairefeuille woods at Montérolier, the Germans built underground galleries in which to store
V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (german: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany), Reich Aviation Ministry () designation was Fi 103. It was also known to the Allies as the buz ...
s. After the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the galleries were opened to the public. On the 21 and 22 June 1995, 13 people died accidentally in the tunnels.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
* Traces of an 11th-century
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
.
* A nineteenth-century château.
* A
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
cross, from the sixteenth century.
* The tunnels of Montérolier. (Closed since the accident in 1995).
People
*
Jean de Grouchy ''For the French musical theorist, see Johannes de Grocheio''
Jean de Grouchy (1354 – 4 November 1435) was a Normans, Norman knight, the Sieur de Montérolier from 1395. Known as "the bravest of the brave" and "Father of the Cauchois" (the pe ...
,
sieur
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...