The Canton of Montivilliers is a canton situated in the Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in 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...

 département and in the Haute-Normandie

Haute-Normandie

Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...

 region of northern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

An area of farming and light industry

Light industry

Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...

 in the arrondissement of Le Havre

Arrondissement of Le Havre

The arrondissement of Le Havre is an arrondissement of France, located in the Seine-Maritime département, in the Haute-Normandie région...

, centred on the town of Montivilliers

Montivilliers

Montivilliers is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31...

. The altitude varies from 0m (Cauville-sur-Mer

Cauville-sur-Mer

Cauville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940 and D311 roads and on the coast of the English Channel...

) to 118m (Manéglise

Manéglise

Manéglise is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and D52 roads.-Heraldry:-Population:...

) with an average altitude of 55m.

Composition

The Canton of Montivilliers comprises 11 communes and a total of 34,212 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
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| Cauville-sur-Mer

Cauville-sur-Mer

Cauville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940 and D311 roads and on the coast of the English Channel...

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| Épouville

Épouville

Épouville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A light industrial and farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D925, D52 and D32 roads and by the banks of the river...

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| Fontaine-la-Mallet

Fontaine-la-Mallet

Fontaine-le-Mallet is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-History:The first mention of the village dates from the eleventh century, when an abbess from Montivilliers bought of land in order to build a church here "in villa dicitur Fontenais...

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| Fontenay

Fontenay, Seine-Maritime

Fontenay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some north of Le Havre, on the D111 road.-Heraldry:-Population:-Places of interest:...

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| Manéglise

Manéglise

Manéglise is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and D52 roads.-Heraldry:-Population:...

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| Mannevillette

Mannevillette

Mannevillette is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the Pays de Caux situated some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D79 roads.-Heraldry:...

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| Montivilliers

Montivilliers

Montivilliers is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31...

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| Notre-Dame-du-Bec

Notre-Dame-du-Bec

Notre-Dame-du-Bec is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small farming and woodland village in the Pays de Caux, situated by the banks of the river Lézarde, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D79 and D32...

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| Octeville-sur-Mer

Octeville-sur-Mer

Octeville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France and is twinned with Bourne End in United Kingdom since 2003 and with Furci Siculo in Italy since 2010.-Geography:...

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| Rolleville

Rolleville

Rolleville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village with some light industry, by the banks of the Lézarde river in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, on the D32 road...

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| Saint-Martin-du-Manoir

Saint-Martin-du-Manoir

Saint-Martin-du-Manoir is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D34 and D111 roads, by the banks of the Saint-Laurent...

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External links

• Canton of Montivilliers website

See also

• Seine-Maritime
  Seine-Maritime
  Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in 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...
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department
• Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department